The effect of aroma with rose damascena essence on nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20211117053090N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Arak University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
Definitive diagnosis of breast cancer by oncologist and pathologist
Chemotherapy with drugs that cause moderate to severe nausea
Having a nausea severity above 3 cm using the 10 cm VAS scale
Healthy sense of smell
Being over 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria
Having migraines and chronic headaches
Having a history of asthma and allergy to rosa damacena
History of drug and alcohol addiction
Having mental illness
Having liver and kidney disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of Nausea. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;The frequency of vomiting. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.;The frequency of retching. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of vomiting. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention . Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.;Distress score of vomiting. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.;Distress score of retching. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.;Total score of retching. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.;Total score of vomiting. Timepoint: 15 minutes before the start of chemotherapy (initially study) and 24 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Rhodes Index.