Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer
NCT ID: NCT03313193
Last Updated: 2019-10-11
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
95 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-09-26
2019-10-01
Brief Summary
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Design and Methods 100 dyads (one child with one parent/caregiver) will be randomized 1:1 into 2 study arms (50 children in each arm). Arm A participants will be offered usual care and professional acupressure five times weekly (15-20 minute sessions) and a parent/caregiver will be instructed in acupressure delivery for the child as symptoms arise. Arm B participants will receive usual care alone. (At the study end, Arm B parents will be offered acupressure instructions.) Children will be enrolled for \~30 days which can occur with one month of continuous hospital-based treatment or two months of intermittent hospital-based treatment (inpatient or regular outpatient treatment). Parent and child participants will receive a follow-up interview one month after completion of the intervention (Arm A) or the final symptom assessment (Arm B).
Significance This is the first study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of an acupressure intervention to decrease treatment-related symptoms in 100 patients in treatment for a childhood cancer or receiving a chemo-therapy based HSCT.
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Detailed Description
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Aim 1: To assess the feasibility of an acupressure intervention plus usual care and to assess the benefits and risks compared to usual care alone for children receiving hospital-based treatment for a childhood cancer or a HSCT. The study hypothesizes that patients in the acupressure arm will report decreased nausea/vomiting and improved management of treatment -related symptoms compared to the usual care only arm. We will test the following hypotheses:
1a. Primary outcomes: Children receiving acupressure will report reduced nausea/vomiting measured as a composite variable compared to the usual care alone group.
1b. Secondary outcomes: Children receiving the acupressure intervention will have reduced levels of each; nausea, vomiting, and rescue antiemetic use compared to the usual care alone group.
1c. Secondary outcomes: Children receiving acupressure will report reduced pain interference and pain intensity, reduced fatigue, anxiety, depression, other treatment-related symptoms, and greater positive affect compared to the usual care group. Children receiving acupressure will use less rescue pain medication compared to the usual care alone group.
1. d. Greater dose of acupressure will lead to greater improvement of primary and secondary outcomes.
Aim 2: To assess the benefits and challenges of providing the acupressure intervention for parents.
2. a. The parent/caregiver in Arm A will report decreased post-traumatic stress symptoms, reduced anxiety and depression, and increased caregiving self-efficacy 4 weeks after the end of professional acupressure. 2b. An open-ended question for parents/caregivers in the intervention arm will elicit information on the experience of providing acupressure for their children.
Additional Qualitative Aims:
Qualitative Aim 1: To explore the child's experience of receiving acupressure and the caregiver's experience of delivering acupressure to the child through a semi-structured interview with the caregiver, with a focus on well-being. We will explore how acupressure impacts the proposed components of well- being: hedonistic and eudemonic perspectives of positive feelings, as well as the less studied somatic and physical components such as mind-body integration and increased connection through touch in the child and caregiver.
Qualitative Aim 2: To explore the acupressure provider's impression of how provider- or caregiver- delivered acupressure impacts the child's experience of childhood cancer treatment or HSCT.
DESIGN The goal of the study is to describe the benefits and risks of an acupressure intervention to decrease nausea/vomiting and other treatment-related symptoms compared to a control group receiving usual care. This study is a pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Participants will be randomized 1:1 into 2 study arms. In Arm A children will be offered professional acupressure five times weekly along with usual care for \~30 days of hospital-based treatment (continuous in-hospital) or two months of hospital-based treatment (intermittent) for an approximate total of 20 semi-standardized acupressure treatments. Treatments take approximately 20 minutes each. A parent/caregiver will be instructed in how to deliver acupressure to his/her child as symptoms arise using a simplified protocol with supplemental educational handouts. In Arm B participants will receive usual care alone. All usual care is defined according to COG supportive care guidelines. After the final study assessment parents/caregivers will be given instruction on how to deliver acupressure. Outcomes will be assessed in all children in Arm A and Arm B at baseline, 5 days a week for nausea, vomiting, and pain, two times a week for remaining symptoms, and at a once month follow-up. Outcomes will be assessed in caregivers at baseline, \~day 7, and at follow-up.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Arm A
Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer + usual care
Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer
This study will describe the benefits and risks of an acupressure intervention to decrease nausea/vomiting and other treatment-related symptoms compared to a control group receiving usual care. Children in Arm A will receive usual symptom management care + acupressure 5 days/week for \~20 treatments. Parents will be taught how to provide acupressure as well. Children in Arm B will receive usual care alone.
Arm B
Usual care alone
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer
This study will describe the benefits and risks of an acupressure intervention to decrease nausea/vomiting and other treatment-related symptoms compared to a control group receiving usual care. Children in Arm A will receive usual symptom management care + acupressure 5 days/week for \~20 treatments. Parents will be taught how to provide acupressure as well. Children in Arm B will receive usual care alone.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Ages 5- 24 years old.
3. Be receiving hospital-based treatment (inpatient or outpatient) so that acupressure treatments can be delivered and parents can be trained and monitored.
4. Availability and willingness of a parent or caregiver to deliver acupressure for ages 5-17. For young adults ages 18-24 participation of a parent, close friend or family member/caregiver is preferred but not required.
5. English or Spanish speaking.
6. Receiving treatment at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
5 Years
24 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
OTHER
Pierre's Birthday Fund
UNKNOWN
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Anne Lown
E. Anne Lown, Dr.P.H., Associate Adjunct Professor
Principal Investigators
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Anne Lown, Dr.P.H.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, San Francisco
Locations
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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170820
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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