Massage Therapy Given by Caregiver in Treating Quality of Life of Young Patients Undergoing Treatment for Cancer

Summary

This clinical trial studies massage therapy given by caregiver in treating quality of life of young patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Massage therapy given by a caregiver may improve the quality of life of young patients undergoing treatment for cancer

Conditions

• Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
• Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative
• Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Burkitt Lymphoma
• Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
• Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission
• Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Childhood Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma
• Childhood Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
• Childhood Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Childhood Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma
• Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia
• Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Contiguous Stage II Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Cutaneous B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Essential Thrombocythemia
• Extramedullary Plasmacytoma
• Intraocular Lymphoma
• Isolated Plasmacytoma of Bone
• Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• Mast Cell Leukemia
• Meningeal Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Noncontiguous Stage II Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Polycythemia Vera
• Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
• Primary Myelofibrosis
• Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
• Progressive Hairy Cell Leukemia, Initial Treatment
• Prolymphocytic Leukemia
• Recurrent Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Recurrent Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Recurrent Childhood Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
• Recurrent Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma
• Recurrent Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Recurrent Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma
• Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Recurrent Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
• Recurrent/Refractory Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Refractory Hairy Cell Leukemia
• Refractory Multiple Myeloma
• Relapsing Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Stage I Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage I Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage I Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage I Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Stage I Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma
• Stage I Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Stage I Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage I Multiple Myeloma
• Stage I Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
• Stage II Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage II Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage II Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage II Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Stage II Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma
• Stage II Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Stage II Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage II Multiple Myeloma
• Stage II Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
• Stage III Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage III Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage III Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage III Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Stage III Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma
• Stage III Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Stage III Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage III Multiple Myeloma
• Stage III Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
• Stage IV Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage IV Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage IV Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma
• Stage IV Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
• Stage IV Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma
• Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Stage IV Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Stage IV Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
• T-cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia
• Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

PROCEDURE

massage therapy

Undergo massage therapy

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Ancillary studies

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHER

intervention by caregiver

Undergo massage by caregiver

PROCEDURE

standard follow-up care

Undergo standard follow-up care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Janet Tooze, PhD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-04-30

Primary Completion

2012-02-29

Completion

2012-02-29

Countries

• United States

Study Locations