Acupuncture for Oxaliplatin-induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Gastro-intestinal Cancer Patients

"6 weeks of acupuncture once a week. The acupuncture intervention will consist of weekly session administered over a period of 6 weeks (± 4 days). A two-way verum acupuncture treatment protocol will employ 8 selected acupoints.~After week 7, patients included in Arm A may receive an optional 6 weeks of acupuncture. This option of acupuncture continuation will be left to the patient choice in agreement with a physician acupuncturist."

The patient in the Arm B will not receive acupuncture treatment for a period of 6 weeks after randomization (weeks 1-6) and during the following weeks 8-13 (acupuncture intervention) if its NRS score is \<4/10 at week 7. If the patient' NRS score is ≥ 4/10 at week 7, the patient in control Arm B will receive the same acupuncture intervention that the patient in the Arm A (6 weeks).