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REST: Reducing End-of-Life Symptoms With Touch

NCT00065195 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 440

Last updated 2008-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether massage therapy is effective in reducing pain and distress and improving quality of life among cancer patients at life's end.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Moving touch therapy

PROCEDURE

Nonmoving touch therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jean S. Kutner, MD · University of Colorado, Denver

  • Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-11-30
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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