Effects of Healing Touch on Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

January 30, 2017 updated by: Susan Lutgendorf, University of Iowa
This randomized pilot clinical trial studies healing touch or usual care in improving quality of life in patients undergoing stem cell transplant. Healing touch may improve the quality of life of patients undergoing stem cell transplant.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Primary Objectives:

I. To estimate the effects of healing touch (HT) vs usual care in the following clinical outcomes of stem cell transplant (SCT) patients; length of hospital stay, days to engraftment, and number of hospital readmissions during 100 days post-transplant.

II. To estimate changes in quality of life (QoL) which occur during hospitalization of SCT patients who receive HT vs. usual care.

III. To examine differences in effects of HT vs. usual care (UC) in patients receiving related allogeneic (Allo) transplant compared to those receiving autologous (Auto) transplant.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive daily HT sessions comprising pain drain, chakra connection, magnetic clearing, and mind clearing over 30 minutes from day 1 until 2 days before discharge from the hospital.

ARM II: Patients receive routine nursing care from doctors and nurses from day 1 until 2 days before discharge from the hospital.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 100 days.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Iowa
      • Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
        • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Currently undergoing autologous (auto) or related allogeneic (related allo) stem cell transplantation
  • Admitted to the University (U) Adult Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (UIBMTU) of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic
  • Ability to provide written informed consent obtained prior to participation in the study and able to complete questionnaires
  • Pregnant woman who are eligible for stem cell transplant are included in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens, with inability to grant a reliable informed consent or unable to complete questionnaires
  • Patients with evidence of a significant psychiatric disorder by history that would prevent completion of the study will not be allowed to participate, i.e., schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder
  • Diagnosis of dementia or other disease affecting cognitive function
  • Nursing women are excluded

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm 1 (healing touch)

Patients receive daily HT sessions comprising pain drain, chakra connection, magnetic clearing, and mind clearing over 30 minutes from day 1 until 2 days before discharge from the hospital (therapeutic touch).

Interventions: therapeutic touch, quality-of-life assessment, and questionnaire administration
Other: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studies
Other: quality-of-life assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Names:
  • quality of life assessment
Procedure: therapeutic touch
receiving healing touch
Other Names:
  • healing touch
Active Comparator: Arm II (usual care)

Patients receive routine nursing care from doctors and nurses from day 1 until 2 days before discharge from the hospital.

Interventions: quality-of-life assessment, and questionnaire administration
Other: questionnaire administration
Ancillary studies
Other: quality-of-life assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Names:
  • quality of life assessment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Length of hospital stay, Days to engraftment defined as absolute neutrophil count (ANC: segs + bands) greater
Time Frame: Up to 100 days
Up to 100 days
Changes in QoL (POMS-SF, FACT-BMT, CES-D)
Time Frame: Baseline up to 100 days
Changes in levels of QoL measures before and after hospitalization will be compared using the paired t-test or the nonparametric paired sign test, if the assumption of normality is substantially violated.
Baseline up to 100 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of hospital readmissions
Time Frame: Up to 100 days
Up to 100 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Iowa

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Susan K Lutgendorf, PhD, University of Iowa

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

January 18, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 16, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 17, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

July 18, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 1, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 201111724
  • P30CA086862 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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