Acupressure in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Young Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Nausea and Vomiting, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
In brief
RATIONALE: Using acupressure wrist bands to press and stimulate nerves at an acupressure point on the inside of the wrist may help control nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well acupressure works in preventing nausea and vomiting in young cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00310063
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 28
- Starts
- 2005-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-08-10
Who can join
Age: 2 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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