Healing Touch or Guided Imagery In Treating Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This randomized clinical trial studies healing touch or guided imagery in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Healing touch and guided imagery may help treat complications caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether healing touch or guided imagery is more effective in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy

Detailed Description
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if the provision of healing touch or guided imagery during outpatient chemotherapy is associated with decreased pain, fatigue, nausea and anxiety when compared to standard outpatient treatment protocols. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms. ARM A: Patients receive 30 minutes of healing touch therapy comprising magnetic clearing, pain drains, hands in motion/hands still and mind clearing. ARM B: Patients listen to guided imagery audiotapes for 30 minutes ARM C: Patients receive standard of care.

Official Title
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The Efficacy of Healing Touch Versus Guided Imagery on Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients' Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy

Conditions
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Anxiety Disorder, Fatigue, Malignant Neoplasm, Nausea and Vomiting, Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: questionnaire administration
* Procedure: therapeutic touch
* Behavioral: management of therapy complications
* Behavioral: management of therapy complications
* Procedure: standard follow-up care


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients at the outpatient chemotherapy area will be enrolled without consideration for type of cancer or chemotherapeutic agents to be used

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Arm A (healing touch therapy)<br>Patients receive 30 minutes of healing touch therapy consisting of magnetic clearing, pain drains, hands in motion/hands still and mind clearing. | Other: questionnaire administration<br>* Ancillary studies<br>Procedure: therapeutic touch<br>* Receive healing touch therapy<br>* Other names: healing touch;Behavioral: management of therapy complications<br>* Receive healing touch therapy<br>* Other names: complications of therapy, management of;|
| Experimental: Arm B (guided imagery)<br>Patients listen to guided imagery audiotapes for 30 minutes. | Other: questionnaire administration<br>* Ancillary studies<br>Behavioral: management of therapy complications<br>* Receive guided imagery audiotapes<br>* Other names: complications of therapy, management of;|
| Active Comparator: Arm C (standard care)<br>Patients receive standard of care. | Other: questionnaire administration<br>* Ancillary studies<br>Procedure: standard follow-up care<br>* Receive standard care<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change scores for each patient on pain scale | Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests. | Approximately 6 months | 
| Change scores for each patient on fatigue scale | Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests. | Approximately 6 months | 
| Change scores for each patient on nausea scale | Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests. | Approximately 6 months | 
| Change scores for each patient on anxiety scale | Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests. | Approximately 6 months |