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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE1/PHASE2
72 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-11-30
2008-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Distant Healing
This group received distant healing but was blinded to the condition.
Distance healing
Non-blinded Distant Healing
This group received the distant healing intervention and was called every day they were receiving to be told they were receiving it, therefore enhancing expectancy.
Distance healing
Blinded Control
This group was blinded to the intervention condition and did not receive any distant healing.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Distance healing
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Health status is excellent with no systemic disease, no limitation on activity, no danger of death or disease of one body system, well-controlled underlying disease
Exclusion Criteria
* History of radiation therapy to the abdomen or any radiation within the past three months
* Non-English speaking
* Unable or unwilling to fill out questionnaires
* Current smoker
* Morbid obesity
* Circulatory inadequacies (i.e., diabetes, hypovolemia)
* Nutritional deficits as evidenced by neutropenia (WBC \<2500/ml) or hypoalbuminemia (albumin \<3.3mmg/dl) / chart review
34 Years
64 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
NIH
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marilyn Schlitz
Senior Scientist
Principal Investigators
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Marilyn J Schlitz, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
California Pacific Medical Center
Locations
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Complementary Medicine Research Institute
San Francisco, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Schlitz M, Hopf HW, Eskenazi L, Vieten C, Radin D. Distant healing of surgical wounds: an exploratory study. Explore (NY). 2012 Jul-Aug;8(4):223-30. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2012.04.004.
Other Identifiers
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