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Acupressure Wristbands or Standard Care in Controlling Nausea Caused by Chemotherapy

NCT00978185 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 699

Last updated 2013-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Acupressure wristbands may prevent or reduce nausea caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether acupressure wristbands are more effective than standard care in controlling acute and delayed nausea.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying acupressure wristbands to see how well they work compared with standard care in controlling nausea caused by chemotherapy.

Conditions

  • Anxiety Disorder
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

OTHER

medical chart review

OTHER

questionnaire administration

PROCEDURE

acupressure therapy

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

PROCEDURE

sham intervention

PROCEDURE

standard follow-up care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alex Molassiotis, MD · University of Manchester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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