Electroacupuncture for Preventing Adverse Events of Cancer Immunotherapy

"Patients received electroacupuncture on the day before and the first day of each ICIs treatment cycle. The electroacupuncture points selected Zusanli (ST36), Quchi (LI11), and Hegu (LI4). Patients will be positioned supine, and the acupuncturist will disinfect the local skin at the acupuncture points using 75% ethanol on cotton balls. A disposable acupuncture needle (0.3mm × 40mm) will be inserted using either a single-hand or double-hand needling technique, with rapid, direct insertion. Once the needle reaches a depth of approximately 0.5 cun, the technique of lifting, thrusting, twirling, and rotating will be applied. After obtaining de qi, the needles will be retained for 30 minutes. Needling will be performed once every 10 minutes, and the needling technique used will be a balanced reinforcing and reducing method. Electroacupuncture will be applied using a dense-wave form, with a frequency of 2 Hz and an intensity not exceeding 10 mA."