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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
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| Information provided by: | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00065195 |
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine whether massage therapy is effective in reducing pain and distress and improving quality of life among cancer patients at life's end.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
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Neoplasms Pain |
Procedure: Moving touch therapy Procedure: Nonmoving touch therapy |
Phase II |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Official Title: | Efficacy of Massage at the End of Life |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 440 |
| Study Start Date: | November 2003 |
| Study Completion Date: | March 2007 |
| Primary Completion Date: | March 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Relieving physical and emotional symptoms is a key component of end-of-life care. Despite care, terminally ill patients are still significantly burdened by unrelieved symptoms. Therapies that have potential to alleviate these symptoms deserve thorough investigation.
This study will last 3 weeks. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive six sessions of either moving or nonmoving touch therapy, in addition to usual hospice care, for 2 weeks. Moving touch therapy consists of massage therapy in which a trained therapist continually touches a person's body. The nonmoving touch therapy will be conducted by volunteers who have no previous experience in massage. Participants in this group will have a volunteer rub specific body parts for 3-minute intervals. Because current evidence suggests that thoughts of healing may influence the effectiveness of touch therapy, volunteers in the nonmoving therapy group will distract their minds to avoid thinking of healing processes. In both groups, the person administering the touch therapy will note all interruptions during a session, including talk, music, and television. Interviews about medication use, pain, and quality of life will be used to assess participants; these interviews will be conducted at study start, immediately before and after each therapy session, and at Weeks 1, 2, and 3.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| United States, California | |
| San Diego Hospice | |
| San Diego, California, United States, 92103 | |
| United States, Colorado | |
| University of Colorado Cancer Center | |
| Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262 | |
| Hospice of St. John | |
| Lakewood, Colorado, United States, 80215 | |
| Pike's Peak Hospice and Palliative Care | |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80903 | |
| Pathways at Hospice of Metro Denver | |
| Denver, Colorado, United States, 80246 | |
| United States, Florida | |
| Hope Hospice and Palliative Care | |
| Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33908 | |
| LifePath Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. | |
| Tampa, Florida, United States, 33609 | |
| United States, Massachusetts | |
| Hospice Care in the Berkshires, Inc. | |
| Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01201 | |
| United States, North Carolina | |
| Hospice at Charlotte | |
| Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Jean S. Kutner, MD | University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center |
| Principal Investigator: | Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD | University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center |
More Information
| Study ID Numbers: | R01 AT001006 01-A2 |
| Study First Received: | July 18, 2003 |
| Last Updated: | January 23, 2008 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00065195 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
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Massage Palliative Care Hospices Cancer |
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Pain |
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Neoplasms |
