Caring Hand Massage - an Intervention in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in an Outpatient Setting - a Pilot Study

March 6, 2017 updated by: Susanne M. Cutshall, Mayo Clinic
Since there is a limited amount of evidence on the feasibility and outcomes on the use of hand massage in patients undergoing cancer treatment, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of hand massage therapy in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to measure its influence on their symptoms.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

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
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

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 to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients age 18 - 80
  2. Patient receiving treatment on Mayo Clinic's Chemotherapy Outpatient Clinic
  3. Able to speak English and complete surveys
  4. Able to read, understand and sign inform consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient has rash, sores, wounds, incision or other skin conditions on hands
  2. Unable to give consent or complete the surveys
  3. Already having received previous hand massage
  4. Pregnant women. (As verbalized by participant)

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Cancer patients receiving hand massage
Caring Hand massage will be provided to the outpatients undergoing chemotherapy
Behavioral: Caring Hand Massage
Caring Hand Massage is a hand massage therapy program with several steps and techniques.
Other Names:
  • Hand Massage Therapy Program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Comparison of symptom scores
Time Frame: baseline to 45 minutes.
We will record the number of patients approached hand massage to those that accept and were able to get a full hand massage during their time in the chemotherapy area
baseline to 45 minutes.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Susanne M Cutshall, Mayo Clinic

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

May 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2017

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 19, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

March 8, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 16-001790

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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