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Trial Title: Acupressure for Reducing Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

NCT ID: NCT06322615

Condition: Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm
Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Conditions: Official terms:
Neoplasms

Study type: Interventional

Study phase: N/A

Overall status: Recruiting

Study design:

Allocation: N/A

Intervention model: Single Group Assignment

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Masking: None (Open Label)

Intervention:

Intervention type: Procedure
Intervention name: Acupressure Therapy
Description: Undergo acupressure
Arm group label: Supportive Care (acupressure)

Other name: Acupressure

Other name: Ischemic Compression

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Educational Intervention
Description: Receive education session about using acupressure at home
Arm group label: Supportive Care (acupressure)

Other name: Education for Intervention

Other name: Intervention by Education

Other name: Intervention through Education

Other name: Intervention, Educational

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Electronic Health Record Review
Description: Ancillary studies
Arm group label: Supportive Care (acupressure)

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Questionnaire Administration
Description: Ancillary studies
Arm group label: Supportive Care (acupressure)

Summary: This clinical trial evaluates whether acupressure is helpful to reduce anxiety related to chemotherapy. Anxiety is experienced by many patients with cancer. Anxiety can be related to chemotherapy and may contribute to other symptoms, such as nausea and poor quality of life. Some patients diagnosed with cancer express interest in non-medicinal ways to manage symptoms. Acupressure is a noninvasive intervention that can be used for many different symptoms. Acupressure is well tolerated with minimal reports of adverse reactions, making it a good choice for patients with cancer. This study may help researchers learn whether acupressure is useful for managing anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the feasibility of a nurse- and patient-applied acupressure intervention for patients with anxiety associated with active cancer-directed therapy. II. Patient-reported changes in acute anxiety associated with both the nurse and self-led acupressure interventions will be ascertained. OUTLINE: Patients undergo acupressure over 15-120 seconds at a time for up to 15 minutes. After completion of the session, patients may optionally receive an education session on using acupressure at home. After completion of study intervention, patients who opted to receive education about using acupressure at home are followed up at 1 week.

Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - Be over 18 years of age - Be actively undergoing chemotherapy in the Mayo Clinic chemotherapy unit - Report anxiety as a 1 or higher, on a scale from 0 (no anxiety) to 4 (severe anxiety) - Be willing to undergo a short acupressure session Exclusion Criteria: - Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Gender: All

Minimum age: 18 Years

Maximum age: N/A

Healthy volunteers: No

Locations:

Facility:
Name: Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Address:
City: Rochester
Zip: 55905
Country: United States

Status: Recruiting

Contact:
Last name: Clinical Trials Referral Office

Phone: 855-776-0015
Email: mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

Contact backup:
Last name: Laura S. Rhee, D.O.

Start date: August 8, 2023

Completion date: December 31, 2025

Lead sponsor:
Agency: Mayo Clinic
Agency class: Other

Source: Mayo Clinic

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06322615
https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials

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