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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Caring Hand Massage - an Intervention in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in an Outpatient Setting - a Pilot Study

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02742415

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Brief summary

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Since there is a limited amount of evidence on the feasibility and outcomes on the use of hand massage in patients undergoing cancer treatment, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of hand massage therapy in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to measure its influence on their symptoms.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02742415
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Other
Enrollment
40 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Apr 30, 2016
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2017
Completion
Jan 31, 2017
Last update posted
Mar 7, 2017

2016 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Mayo Clinic in Rochester Rochester Minnesota 55905

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