Effect of ginger on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
- Conditions
- Breast cancer.Malignant Neoplasm of Breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT138811203319N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Vice-chancellor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
presence of with breast cancer definite diagnosis by a pathologist, age more than ??18?? 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 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: Data are recorded daily for six days (starting 3days before chemotherapy session). Method of measurement: A 10 centimeter visual analogue scale (VAS).;Number of Nausea episodes. Timepoint: Data are recorded daily for six days (starting 3days before chemotherapy session). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Number of Vomiting episodes. Timepoint: Data are recorded daily for six days (starting from 3 days before chemotherapy session). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Heart burn. Timepoint: Data are recorded daily for six days (starting 3 days before chemotherapy session). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.