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Acupressure in Controlling Nausea in Young Patients Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy

NCT01346267 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 187

Last updated 2021-08-18

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Summary

RATIONALE: Acupressure wristbands may prevent or reduce nausea and caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether standard care is more effective with or without acupressure wristbands in controlling acute and delayed nausea.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well acupressure wristbands work with or without standard care in controlling nausea in young patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Conditions

  • Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric
  • Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting
  • Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Real Acupressure Band

Acupressure wristband

PROCEDURE

Placebo Acupressure Band

Sham wristband

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of South Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

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

  • Lee Dupuis, PhD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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