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The Use of Reiki for Patients With Advanced AIDS

NCT00032721 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 146

Last updated 2006-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will investigate the use of Reiki, an energy-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) intervention, as an approach to improve well-being for patients with advanced AIDS, and evaluate its effects on dimensions of well-being and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • HIV Infections

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Reiki; Subtle energy therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Gala True, PhD · Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-03-31
Completion
2003-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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