Alternative Approaches for Nausea Control
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 242
- 试验地点
- 8
- 主要终点
- Patient Report Nausea Diary
研究概览
简要总结
216 Chemotherapy-naïve, female breast cancer patients about to begin chemotherapy and who expect to have nausea, will be entered. Participants will be randomized to one of three study arms: Arm 1: control; Arm 2: Expectancy-neutral handout + Expectancy-neutral MP3+ acupressure bands; Arm 3: Expectancy-enhancing handout + Expectancy-enhancing MP3 + acupressure bands.
Hypothesis: Acupressure bands provided with the relaxation MP3 will be effective in controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea
详细描述
Earlier research has shown that the effectiveness of acupressure bands in reducing nausea could be enhanced by boosting patients' expectations of the bands' efficacy. The present study seeks to confirm and extend these findings in a multi-site, 3-arm, randomized, controlled study of 216 breast cancer patients beginning chemotherapy who expect to have nausea. All patients will receive a standardized antiemetic regimen. Arm 1: control; Arm 2: Expectancy-neutral handout + Expectancy-neutral MP3+ acupressure bands; Arm 3: Expectancy-enhancing handout + Expectancy-enhancing MP3 + acupressure bands. The investigators hypothesize that acupressure bands provided with the relaxation MP3 will be effective in controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea. The two versions of the handout and MP3 are being examined to determine what is the most effective way to deliver the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Be female.
- •Have a diagnosis of breast cancer, any stage.
- •Be chemotherapy naïve and about to begin her first course of chemotherapy.
- •Be scheduled to receive one of the following four common chemotherapy regimens with the specified antiemetic regimen. They are:
- •Chemotherapy regimen: Doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide. Antiemetic regimen: Aprepitant + palonosetron + dexamethasone on Day 1 and aprepitant + dexamethasone on Days 2 &
- •Chemotherapy regimen: Doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide/docetaxel. Antiemetic regimen: Aprepitant + palonosetron + dexamethasone on Day 1 and aprepitant + dexamethasone on Days 2 &
- •Chemotherapy regimen: Docetaxel/carboplatin. Antiemetic regimen: Palonosetron on Day 1 + dexamethasone on Days 1, 2, &
- •Chemotherapy regimen: Docetaxel/cyclophosphamide. Antiemetic regimen: Palonosetron on Day 1 + dexamethasone on Days 1, 2, &
- •Note: Fosaprepitant will be allowed in place of aprepitant, and either granisetron or ondansetron, on one or more days, will be allowed in place of palonosetron.
- •Have a response of > 3 or greater on a question assessing expected nausea as assessed on a 5-point Likert-scale anchored at one end by 1 = "I am certain I WILL NOT have this," and at the other end by 5 = "I am certain I WILL have this."
- •Be able to read English (since the assessment materials are in printed format).
- •Be 18 years of age or older and give written informed consent.
排除标准
- •Have clinical evidence of lymphedema, current bowel obstruction, or symptomatic brain metastases, as determined by their treating oncologist.
- •Be receiving concurrent radiotherapy or interferon.
结局指标
主要结局
Patient Report Nausea Diary
时间窗: five days
Nausea and will be measured by a patient report diary completed by patients over a five-day period. Each day is divided into four segments (morning, afternoon, evening, night) in which patients report the severity of nausea and number of vomiting episodes for each period of the day. Severity of nausea is assessed on a 7-point rating scale, anchored at one end by 1 = "Not at all nauseated" and at the other end by 7 = "Extremely nauseated." The outcome variable for the primary analysis was greatest reported nausea from the five day period.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Joseph Roscoe
Research Associate Professor
University of Rochester