Essential Oils on Anxiety of Patients Suffering From Cancer

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Neoplasm Metastasis
• Interventions: Other: Essential oils massages; Other: Oil massages

• Registration Number: NCT02835352
• Lead Sponsor: Center Eugene Marquis

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the impact of essential oils massage on anxiety of patients who are suffering from cancer at a metastasis stage. Half of patients will be massaged first by essential oils and then by oil only. The other half will be massaged first by oil and then by essential oils.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06-21
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2017-05-01
• Study Completion: 2017-05-01
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult suffering from cancer at a metastatic stage
• Life expectancy > 15 days, assessed by investigator
• Hospitalized at the Chevrel unit from Centre Eugène Marquis, palliative unit care, for more than 15 days
• Regular anxiolytic treatment or imperative need to introduce anxiolytic treatment (assessed by investigator) within 48 hours following his hospitalization entry
• > 18 years

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patient already recruited in a therapeutic trial
• Patient not covered by a social security system
• Pregnant or likely pregnant patient, breastfeeding patient
• Allergy to any component of essential oils mixture and vegetable oils : bitter orange petitgrain, fine lavender, ylang-ylang, macadamia
• Minors, people deprived of their liberty or protected people,
• Impaired cognitive functions making impossible to obtain informed consent

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Essential oils then oil massages	Oil massages	Essential oils massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days
Oil then essential oils massages	Essential oils massages	Oil massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then essential oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days
Oil then essential oils massages	Oil massages	Oil massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then essential oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days
Essential oils then oil massages	Essential oils massages	Essential oils massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiolytic consumption	7 days	Anxiolytic consumption will be assessed at day 7 at the end of each phase

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Eugène Marquis; 🇫🇷 Rennes, France