NCT00310063

Acupressure in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Young Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Acupressure for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Associated Nausea and Vomiting in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Using acupressure wrist bands to press and stimulate nerves at an acupressure point on the inside of the wrist may help control nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well acupressure works in preventing nausea and vomiting in young cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the feasibility of implementing an acupressure therapy for the prevention of chemotherapy-associated nausea in children with cancer. * Test the hypothesis that acupressure bands will prevent chemotherapy-associated nausea and vomiting in children, when compared to placebo acupressure (wrist bands without acupressure). * Develop a competitive grant application for a large, multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of acupressure in preventing chemotherapy-associated nausea in children. OUTLINE: This is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover, pilot study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. * Arm I: Patients wear Sea-Band elastic acupressure wristbands on each wrist beginning approximately 1 hour before beginning their first inpatient chemotherapy session and continuing for at least 24 hours after completing chemotherapy. Patients do not wear wristbands for their second chemotherapy session. Patients wear placebo wristbands on each wrist beginning approximately 1 hour before their third chemotherapy session and continuing for at least 24 hours after completing chemotherapy. * Arm II: Patients wear placebo wristbands on each wrist beginning approximately 1 hour before their first chemotherapy session and continuing for at least 24 hours after completing chemotherapy. Patients do not wear wristbands for their second chemotherapy session. Patients wear Sea-Band acupressure wristbands on each wrist beginning approximately 1 hour before their third chemotherapy session and continuing for at least 24 hours after completing chemotherapy. All patients also receive standard antiemetic therapy. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Nausea and Vomiting
• Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupressure therapy	Acupressure wristband
PROCEDURE	sham intervention	Sham wristband

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-04-01
• Primary completion: 2007-05-01
• Completion: 2007-05-01
• First posted: 2006-04-03
• Last updated: 2018-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States