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Acupressure in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Young Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

NCT00310063 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2018-08-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Using acupressure wrist bands to press and stimulate nerves at an acupressure point on the inside of the wrist may help control nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well acupressure works in preventing nausea and vomiting in young cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Conditions

  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupressure therapy

Acupressure wristband

PROCEDURE

sham intervention

Sham wristband

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Williams McLean, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-04-30
Primary Completion
2007-05-31
Completion
2007-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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