Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy-Essential Oil Intervention
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Peripheral Neuropathies
In brief
This study will evaluate an oil blend with active ingredients for the reduction in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in people with breast cancer. Half of the participants will receive the oil blend with active ingredients and the other half will receive a placebo (an oil blend with no active ingredients). One-fourth of the people will also take pictures of their life with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03449303
- Run by
- Augusta University
- People needed
- 26
- Starts
- 2018-06-25
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-02
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- diagnosis of breast cancer
- chronic CIPN symptoms in one or both lower extremities
- three months or greater since last chemotherapy treatment
- mean SF-MPQ-2 score of greater than or equal to three
- a prognosis of greater than six months
You may not qualify if…
- non-English-speaking
- blindness
- pregnancy
- breastfeeding
- allergy to EOI or Peru balsam (cross-allergen)
- illegal substance usage
- history of severe skin reactions
- non-intact skin on lower extremities
- history of lower extremity trauma or amputation
- current use of aromatherapy/Essential Oils
- asthma or reactive airway disease triggered by constituents of EOI
- history of mental illness or chronic depression
- the following co-morbidities: G6PD deficiency, inherited peripheral neuropathy, active herpes varicella-zoster, herpes simplex virus, alcoholic neuropathy, repetitive stress or entrapment neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and multifocal mononeuropathy.
Where it is running
- Augusta University — Augusta, Georgia, United States
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