(Valerian) for Improving Sleep in Patients With Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Therapy
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Fatigue, Sleep Disorders, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
In brief
RATIONALE: The herb Valeriana officinalis (valerian) may promote sleep. It is not yet known whether valerian is effective in improving sleep in patients who are receiving adjuvant therapy for cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well valerian improves the quality of sleep in patients who are receiving adjuvant therapy (radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy) for cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00075842
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 227
- Starts
- 2003-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-12-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Aurora Presbyterian Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Boulder Community Hospital — Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Porter Adventist Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- St. Joseph Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Rose Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Swedish Medical Center — Englewood, Colorado, United States
- Sky Ridge Medical Center — Lone Tree, Colorado, United States
- Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital — Longmont, Colorado, United States
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center — Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- North Suburban Medical Center — Thornton, Colorado, United States
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa — Mason City, Iowa, United States
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Wichita — Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Fairview Ridges Hospital — Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital — Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- Fairview Southdale Hospital — Edina, Minnesota, United States
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital — Fridley, Minnesota, United States
- Hutchinson Area Health Care — Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States
- Meeker County Memorial Hospital — Lichfield, Minnesota, United States
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital — Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood — Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
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