American Ginseng in Treating Patients With Fatigue Caused by Cancer

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Fatigue, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Precancerous Condition, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: American ginseng may reduce fatigue in patients with cancer. It is not yet known whether American ginseng is more effective than a placebo in treating cancer-related fatigue. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying American ginseng to see how well it works in treating patients with fatigue caused by cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00719563
Run by
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
People needed
364
Starts
2008-10-01
Expected to finish
2013-08-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-02-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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