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Healing Touch in Treating Fatigue in Women Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

NCT00574145 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2012-09-06

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Summary

RATIONALE: Healing touch therapy may be effective in lessening fatigue in women with breast cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well healing touch works in treating fatigue in women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bio-field energy therapy

Practitioner's hands to influence the human energy field surrounding the patient's body.

PROCEDURE

fatigue assessment and management

duration

PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

duration

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

duration

PROCEDURE

therapeutic touch

Practitioner's hands to influence the human energy field surrounding the patient's body

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy Wells, DNSc, RN · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

  • Fern Fitzhenry, PhD, RN · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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