Effect of ginger and chamomile on nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy Comparing the effect of ginger and chamomile on nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer.Malignant Neoplasm of Breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013020912404N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Vice-chancellor, Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 65
Presence of with breast cancer definite diagnosis by a pathologist? age between 20 and 60 years? receiving chemotherapy? ?having at least one ?chemotherapy session before? having history of nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy? having ?one-day chemotherapy sessions Exclusion criteria: multi-days chemotherapy sessions? simultaneous radiotherapy inducing ?nausea and vomiting such as whole body or upper abdomen RT? consuming warfarin and heparin for ?treatment? consuming ASA more than ??80?mg? receiving heparin (except for iv-lines)? history of ?blood discrasies? history of severe thrombocytopenia? allergy to ginger and chamomile or consuming during the ?past week? gastro-intestinal cancers? having other nausea and vomiting inducing factors except ?chemotherapy such as CNS tumors? HTN? renal failure or hepatic disorders? gastrointestinal ?problems like gastric or peptic ulcers? forgetting the use of capsules ??3 ?consecutive times or more
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea severity. Timepoint: For five days (from one hour before until five days after chemotherapy). Method of measurement: A 10 centimeter visual analogue scale (VAS).;Number of Nausea episodes. Timepoint: For five days (from one hour before until five days after chemotherapy). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Number of Vomiting episodes. Timepoint: For five days (from one hour before until five days after chemotherapy). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method