NCT01553578

Healing Touch or Guided Imagery In Treating Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

The Efficacy of Healing Touch Versus Guided Imagery on Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients' Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 244 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized clinical trial studies healing touch or guided imagery in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Healing touch and guided imagery may help treat complications caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether healing touch or guided imagery is more effective in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if the provision of healing touch or guided imagery during outpatient chemotherapy is associated with decreased pain, fatigue, nausea and anxiety when compared to standard outpatient treatment protocols. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms. ARM A: Patients receive 30 minutes of healing touch therapy comprising magnetic clearing, pain drains, hands in motion/hands still and mind clearing. ARM B: Patients listen to guided imagery audiotapes for 30 minutes ARM C: Patients receive standard of care.

Conditions

• Anxiety Disorder
• Fatigue
• Malignant Neoplasm
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Ancillary studies
PROCEDURE	therapeutic touch	Receive healing touch therapy
BEHAVIORAL	management of therapy complications	Receive healing touch therapy
BEHAVIORAL	management of therapy complications	Receive guided imagery audiotapes
PROCEDURE	standard follow-up care	Receive standard care

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-02-01
• Completion: 2013-02-01
• First posted: 2012-03-14
• Last updated: 2018-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States