NCT02823314

Effectiveness of Medical Taping Concept in Cancer Patients

Effectiveness of Medical Taping Concept Applied in the T7-T8 Dermatome in Nausea and Vomiting After Chemotherapy in Cancer Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nausea and vomiting are two of the side effects associated with the most common antineoplastic chemotherapy treatments. The Medical Taping Concept (MTC) is an economical technique, easy to apply. This is a technique that may help reduce nausea and vomiting after application of chemotherapy in cancer patient.

Detailed description

Nausea and vomiting are two of the side effects associated with the most common antineoplastic chemotherapy treatments. There are some studies that support the use of physical measures such as TENS or acupuncture to lessen these effects. The Medical Taping Concept (MTC) is an economical technique, easy to apply and few side effects. In some manuals on this technique the possibility that it may act to reduce nausea and vomiting described. Sim But after a comprehensive literature search have not found jobs to support these assumptions. With this work, the research team will attempt to obtain evidence on the effects of its application in the areas of influence of the dermatome T7 and T8. For this, two adhesive tapes of this type of bandage is placed on the front and back on a group of patients after receiving chemotherapy session and compared with a control group that will apply this technique outside the dermatome indicated . Both groups will receive antiemetics according to the service routine. If the hypothesis were positive it could extend the application of this simple technique to cancer patients from other centers in order to help reduce nausea and vomiting.

Conditions

• Cancer-related Problem/Condition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Cure Tape™ covering T 7 and T 8 dermatomes	The intervention group will have to apply two strips of special hypoallergenic tape called Cure Tape™ that will have a size of 20 x 5 cm and they will have to be placed on the T7-T8 dermatome area.
DEVICE	Cure Tape™ away from dermatomes T 7 and T 8	The control group will have to apply two strips of special hypoallergenic tape called Cure Tape™ that will have a size of 5 x 4 cm and they will have to be placed near the greater trochanter area.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2016-07-06
• Last updated: 2016-07-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain