Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01217424
Reflexology or Aromatherapy Massage in Relieving Symptoms in Patients With Cancer
Is Reflexology as Effective as Aromatherapy Massage for Symptom Relief in an Outpatient Oncology Population?
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 120 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
RATIONALE: Reflexology and aromatherapy massage may lessen symptoms in patients with cancer. It is not yet known whether reflexology is more effective than aromatherapy massage in relieving symptoms in patients with cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying reflexology to see how well it works compared with aromatherapy massage in relieving symptoms in patients with cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine whether reflexology is as effective as aromatherapy massage for alleviation of self-selected symptoms in patients with cancer in an outpatient setting. Secondary * To determine the difference between the two therapies with respect to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) relaxation scores before and after each treatment. OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to gender (male vs female), treatment (chemotherapy vs other) and their first concern choice (pain vs other). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms. * Arm I (Reflexology): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of reflexology for 4 sessions. * Arm II (Aromatherapy massage): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of of aromatherapy massage for 4 sessions. Patients complete questionnaires (Measure Yourself Concerns and Well-being \[MYCAW\] questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale \[VAS\]) at baseline, before and after each session, and after completion of all four sessions.
Conditions
- Pain
- Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
- Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | questionnaire administration | |
| PROCEDURE | aromatherapy and essential oils | |
| PROCEDURE | management of therapy complications | |
| PROCEDURE | massage therapy | |
| PROCEDURE | psychosocial assessment and care | |
| PROCEDURE | reflexology procedure |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-11-01
- Completion
- 2011-11-01
- First posted
- 2010-10-08
- Last updated
- 2016-11-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01217424. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.