Reflexology: An Intervention for Advanced Breast Cancer
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
The aim of this study is to test a complementary therapy intervention (reflexology) that will assist in improving quality of life (QOL) for women undergoing chemotherapy for late stage (III or IV) breast cancer within the context of conventional medical care. Quality of life will be assessed via intermediate indicators: 1) physical indicators (greater physical functioning, lower presence of symptoms) 2) emotional indicators (greater spirituality, lower anxiety, and lower depressive symptomology); and the outcome indicator of quality of life.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01577420
- Run by
- Michigan State University
- People needed
- 451
- Starts
- 2005-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-04-13
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of Stage III or IV breast cancer, or Stage I or II with Metastasis or Recurrence
- Able to perform basic ADLs
- Free of diagnosis of mental illness on chart
- Able to speak and understand English
- Access to a telephone
- Receiving chemotherapy at intake into the study
- Palliative Prognostic Score of 11 or lower
- Oriented to time, place, and person as determined by nurse recruiter
You may not qualify if…
- Receiving investigational new drug chemotherapy
- Receiving hospice care at intake
- Living in nursing home or similar facility
- Bedridden
- Undergoing bone marrow transplant
- Regularly using foot massage
- Regularly using reflexology
- Regularly using pedicure with foot massage
Where it is running
- Evanston Northwestern — Evanston, Illinois, United States
- Mt. Clemens — Evanston, Illinois, United States
- Hurley Medical Center — Flint, Michigan, United States
- GLCI/McLaren — Flint, Michigan, United States
- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- St. Mary's Health Care Center — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Great Lakes Cancer Institute (GLCI) MSU — Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Sparrow Hospital — Lansing, Michigan, United States
- William Beaumont Hospital — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
- William Beaumont Hospital-Troy Campus — Troy, Michigan, United States
- St. John Macomb — Warren, Michigan, United States
- Josephine Ford Cancer Care, Henry Ford Hospital — West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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