Massage Therapy Given by Caregiver in Treating Quality of Life of Young Patients Undergoing Treatment for Cancer

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Conditions studied: Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative, Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Burkitt Lymphoma, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission, Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission, Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Childhood Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, Childhood Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis, Childhood Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Childhood Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma, Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia, Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Contiguous Stage II Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Essential Thrombocythemia, Extramedullary Plasmacytoma, Intraocular Lymphoma, Isolated Plasmacytoma of Bone, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Mast Cell Leukemia, Meningeal Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Noncontiguous Stage II Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Polycythemia Vera, Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Primary Myelofibrosis, Primary Systemic Amyloidosis, Progressive Hairy Cell Leukemia, Initial Treatment, Prolymphocytic Leukemia, Recurrent Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Recurrent Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Childhood Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis, Recurrent Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Recurrent Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, Recurrent/Refractory Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma, Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Refractory Hairy Cell Leukemia, Refractory Multiple Myeloma, Relapsing Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage I Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage I Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage I Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage I Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Stage I Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma, Stage I Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage I Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage I Multiple Myeloma, Stage I Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, Stage II Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage II Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage II Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage II Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Stage II Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma, Stage II Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage II Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage II Multiple Myeloma, Stage II Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, Stage III Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage III Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage III Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage III Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Stage III Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma, Stage III Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage III Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage III Multiple Myeloma, Stage III Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, Stage IV Childhood Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage IV Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage IV Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma, Stage IV Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Stage IV Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma, Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage IV Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage IV Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, T-cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

This clinical trial studies massage therapy given by caregiver in treating quality of life of young patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Massage therapy given by a caregiver may improve the quality of life of young patients undergoing treatment for cancer

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01053494

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

80

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-02

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Signed protocol specific informed consent by the child's caregiver Assent by the child Caregiver is at least 18 years of age The child is currently treated for cancer (chemotherapy alone, radiation therapy alone, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery, or radiation therapy and surgery) at Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFBH) Pediatric Oncology The child has at least 16 weeks remaining on their treatment regimen The caregiver and child understand written and spoken English The child has no medical or functional contraindications reported by his/her attending\\physician

You may not qualify if…

• Parents/caregivers who have previously provided consistent massage for their child will be excluded from the study Child is receiving radiation only

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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