Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Implications in Quality of Life
NCT ID: NCT03585218
Last Updated: 2021-08-05
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
112 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-03-06
2019-04-04
Brief Summary
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Breast cancer (BC) triggers a myriad of physical and psychosocial stressors with repercussions on quality of life (QoL). This study is a pioneering Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Portugal, which seeks to study the impact of a hedonic aroma during chemotherapy on women with breast cancer (3, 6 and 9 weeks, and 3 months after completion of chemotherapy). To this end, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the groups. The experimental group (EG) will be exposed to chemotherapy together with a hedonic aroma, while the control group (CG) will only be exposed to chemotherapy. Both groups will be assessed on psychological morbidity, illness perception, self-efficacy for coping, executive function, cortisol levels, side-effects, beliefs about chemotherapy and QoL.
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of a hedonic aroma on the clinical, emotional and neurocognitive variables that contribute to reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and promoting QoL in women with BC.
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Detailed Description
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This study contemplates four moments of evaluation: T1 (baseline: 2nd Cycle of CT but before intervention), T2 (6 weeks - 3rd Cycle), T3 (9 weeks - 4th Cycle) and T4 (3 months after the end of the CT). These moments were chosen taking into account the classes of drugs used in the CT. Each cycle has an interval of 21. This is a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) being single blind (the participant does not know which group he belongs to, only the investigator) and longitudinal.
Intervention procedure:
From the 2nd. Chemotherapy cycle (T1), the GC received the standard chemotherapy treatment; while the EG, in addition to the standard chemotherapy treatment, inhaled a hedonic aroma selected at the time of the chemotherapy (among three types of essential oils: bergamot, exotic verbena and geranium). The participant, as she received the CT, would inhale the aroma in a phased manner and under the supervision of the researcher, until the end of the treatment (about two hours). This intervention took place over three cycles of CT (2nd, 3rd and 4th Cycles). Inhalation was carried out using cotton rolls impregnated with the selected oil, since the more directly the odoriferous molecules are applied to the nose, the greater their impact into the organism (Schneider, 2016). However, since it was necessary that the researcher supervised the participants during the inhalation process, the number of times the researcher was in contact with participants from both groups (GC and EG) were the same: 4 times during the chemotherapy treatment to assure the participants from the EG would not have more contacts what could bias the results.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Experimental Group
The Experimental Group participants will be submitted to the inhalation of the hedonic aroma during the chemotherapeutic treatment, this being the intervention of the study.The control group is not subject to intervention.
Inhalation of essential oils
Intervention "Inhalation of essential oils": From the T1 (2nd Cycle CT), Experimental Group Arms will undergo the inhalation of the hedonic aroma selected by them at the time of chemotherapy (among several types of aromas). It is intended that the participant, when receiving the CT, inhales the aroma phase-in and under the investigator's observation until the end of the treatment (about two hours). The inhalation of essential oils will occur using cotton rolls impregnated with the selected oil. The control group is not subject to intervention during chemotherapy treatment.
Control Group
The control group is not subject to intervention.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Inhalation of essential oils
Intervention "Inhalation of essential oils": From the T1 (2nd Cycle CT), Experimental Group Arms will undergo the inhalation of the hedonic aroma selected by them at the time of chemotherapy (among several types of aromas). It is intended that the participant, when receiving the CT, inhales the aroma phase-in and under the investigator's observation until the end of the treatment (about two hours). The inhalation of essential oils will occur using cotton rolls impregnated with the selected oil. The control group is not subject to intervention during chemotherapy treatment.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* level 0-2 on the Zubrod scale,
* without cognitive impairment,
* adjuvant chemotherapy (AQ) treatment.
Exclusion Criteria
* olfactory impairment (≤6), evaluated before CT through the instrument smell diskettes and only in the EG participants
18 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
OTHER
University of Minho
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marta Alexandra Marques Pereira
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Marta Pereira, Master
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Minho
Locations
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António Fradão
Viana do Castelo, Estrada de Santa Luzia, Portugal
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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175519021995
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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