Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Elements Music Therapy Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00964314

Last Updated: 2012-04-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

146 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-02-28

Study Completion Date

2011-10-31

Brief Summary

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The study objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) five elements music therapy improving quality of life for patients with advanced cancer, as well as establishing the standard operating procedures (SOP) for it.

Detailed Description

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Design: As randomized controlled trial (RCT) with un-blinded design will be done.

Conditions

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Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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five elements music

Listening TCM five elements music therapy(TCMMT)based on conventional therapy in China.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

music

Intervention Type OTHER

Experimental Group one : Listening TCM five elements music therapy(TCMMT)based on conventional therapy in China.

Experimental Group two: Listening western music based on conventional therapy in China.

Control Group: no music therapy will be done.

western music

Listening western music based on conventional therapy in China.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

music

Intervention Type OTHER

Experimental Group one : Listening TCM five elements music therapy(TCMMT)based on conventional therapy in China.

Experimental Group two: Listening western music based on conventional therapy in China.

Control Group: no music therapy will be done.

Without music

no music therapy will be done in the arm.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

music

Intervention Type OTHER

Experimental Group one : Listening TCM five elements music therapy(TCMMT)based on conventional therapy in China.

Experimental Group two: Listening western music based on conventional therapy in China.

Control Group: no music therapy will be done.

Interventions

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music

Experimental Group one : Listening TCM five elements music therapy(TCMMT)based on conventional therapy in China.

Experimental Group two: Listening western music based on conventional therapy in China.

Control Group: no music therapy will be done.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Eligible participation will be enrolled based on diagnostic criteria.
* Advanced cancer patient with more than 50 scores of Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS).
* Diagnosis of advanced cancer
* Patients who are willing to be subject with taking part in this research voluntarily.
* No prior experience with TCM music therapy.
* Newly admitted to TCM oncology department for 3 weeks treatment course.

* Patients suffering from psychosis or diagnosis, or psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., schizophrenia).
* Suffering from acute organ prostration or other condition of demanding to rescue,inability for accepting music therapy.
* One don't read or fill in diary owing to some causes, such as state of the art or acuity of vision
* One suffering from hearing disturbance
* Accepted TCM five elements music therapy in the past.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Liao Juan

Oncology Department of Xi Yuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yang Yu fei, doctor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Oncology department of Xi Yuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Locations

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Xi-Yuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status

Oncology Department of Xi Yuan hospital

Beijing, HaiDian District, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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WJB720603

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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