Life Quality and Mental State in Patients With Breast Cancer
NCT ID: NCT01458457
Last Updated: 2015-02-16
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE4
275 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-05-31
2013-07-31
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
NONE
Study Groups
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Usual care
Individualized usual care
Patients get usual care from their general practitioners/specialized physicians
Usual Care + Complementary Medicine
Individualized complementary medicine treatment
An individual treatment plan will be made for each patient that includes one to all of the following treatments: acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, enzyme therapy, nutrition advise, Healing Touch, homoeopathy, hyperthermia treatment, infusions, laser therapy, lymphatic drainage, manual therapy, mistel therapy, neural therapy, orthomolecular therapy, osteopathy, phytotherapy, shiatsu
Individualized usual care
Patients get usual care from their general practitioners/specialized physicians
Interventions
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Individualized complementary medicine treatment
An individual treatment plan will be made for each patient that includes one to all of the following treatments: acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, enzyme therapy, nutrition advise, Healing Touch, homoeopathy, hyperthermia treatment, infusions, laser therapy, lymphatic drainage, manual therapy, mistel therapy, neural therapy, orthomolecular therapy, osteopathy, phytotherapy, shiatsu
Individualized usual care
Patients get usual care from their general practitioners/specialized physicians
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* current usual care treatment
* willing to refrain from complementary treatment for 6 months in case of randomization into the usual care group
* informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* no German or Italian language ability
* participation in other study
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Azienda Sanitaria de Sudtirol, Hospital Meran, Meran, Italy
UNKNOWN
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Claudia M. Witt
Prof. Dr. med.
Principal Investigators
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Claudia M Witt, Prof. Dr. med.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Locations
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Meran Hospital - Dienst fuer Komplementaermedizin
Meran, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Witt CM, Ausserer O, Baier S, Heidegger H, Icke K, Mayr O, Mitterer M, Roll S, Spizzo G, Scherer A, Thuile C, Wieser A, Schutzler L. Effectiveness of an additional individualized multi-component complementary medicine treatment on health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: a pragmatic randomized trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Jan;149(2):449-60. doi: 10.1007/s10549-014-3249-3. Epub 2015 Jan 3.
Other Identifiers
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BBK
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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