Reflexology or Aromatherapy Massage in Relieving Symptoms in Patients With Cancer
NCT ID: NCT01217424
Last Updated: 2016-11-01
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
100 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-10-31
2011-11-30
Brief Summary
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PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying reflexology to see how well it works compared with aromatherapy massage in relieving symptoms in patients with cancer.
Detailed Description
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Primary
* To determine whether reflexology is as effective as aromatherapy massage for alleviation of self-selected symptoms in patients with cancer in an outpatient setting.
Secondary
* To determine the difference between the two therapies with respect to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) relaxation scores before and after each treatment.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to gender (male vs female), treatment (chemotherapy vs other) and their first concern choice (pain vs other). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms.
* Arm I (Reflexology): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of reflexology for 4 sessions.
* Arm II (Aromatherapy massage): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of of aromatherapy massage for 4 sessions.
Patients complete questionnaires (Measure Yourself Concerns and Well-being \[MYCAW\] questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale \[VAS\]) at baseline, before and after each session, and after completion of all four sessions.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Interventions
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questionnaire administration
aromatherapy and essential oils
management of therapy complications
massage therapy
psychosocial assessment and care
reflexology procedure
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Any patient receiving treatment for cancer at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Hospital
* Must be attending the hospital as an outpatient
* Planning to access complementary therapy
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* No excessive pain in both hands and both feet
* Not experiencing a combination of conditions affecting both hands and both feet which would prevent reflexology of either hands or feet from taking place, including any of the following:
* Deep vein thrombosis
* Lymphedema
* Infected or broken skin
* Recent scars or injuries
* Phlebitis
* Areas currently receiving radiotherapy (or received radiotherapy in the past 2 weeks)
* Able and willing to attend the hospital for four 1-hour sessions
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 2 months since prior and no other concurrent massage therapy or reflexology at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Hospital or from another practitioner
* Not planning to undergo massage therapy or reflexology while also taking part in this study
* At least 2 months since prior and no other concurrent massage therapy at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Hospital
18 Years
120 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Clare Shaw, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Locations
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Royal Marsden - London
London, England, United Kingdom
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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RMNHS-REFLEXOLOGY
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
EU-21075
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
MREC-10/H0801/31
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
CDR0000686459
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id