The Effect of Guided Imagery and Music Therapy on Post-Operative Recovery After Gynecological Oncology Surgery

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer

In brief

This pilot study will be a prospective, randomized trial which will take place at the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC). Eligible patients will be identified at the time of their first clinic visit. If selected to be involved in the study, the patients will be randomized to one of three different groups: a Guided Imagery and Music therapy group (GIMT) or one of two control groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01284075

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

10

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-22

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects will include women who are being seen at the Women's Health Center by the Gynecological Oncology group at the University of Minnesota (UMMC). These women will be considered for inclusion based on their projected surgery: exploratory laparotomy. Subjects will have to have their surgery at the UMMC within 1 month of their clinic visit. Patients may be undergoing surgery for either known cancer (ovarian or uterine) or high suspicion for malignancy.

You may not qualify if…

• < 19 years old
• pregnant
• undergoing a procedure other than laparotomy
• scheduled to be discharged the same day of surgery
• chronic narcotic pain medication users
• if they are currently using or planning on using other complementary alternative medicine (CAM) therapies prior to or after surgery.

Where it is running

• Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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