NCT00550251

Does Acupressure Help Reduce Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care Patients? Formal Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sue Ryder Care · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pilot study completed - power calculation performed. Now formal double blind randomized study comparing active with placebo wristbands for nausea in palliative care patients to be carried out.

Detailed description

Terminally ill hospice in-patients suffering with nausea will be randomized to active or placebo acupressure bands. The study will last 3 days and they will be allowed to continue regular or have PRN anti-emetics during the study. Assessors and patients will both be blinded to whether they patients are receiving active or placebo bands.

Conditions

• Nausea
• Vomiting

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupressure Wrist Bands (Sea-Bands)	Elasticated wrist bands with active bead pressing on Pericardium 6 acupressure points bilaterally.
DEVICE	Placebo wristbands	Elasticated wrist bands without active bead.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-07-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2007-10-29
• Last updated: 2018-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom