Clinical trial · Interventional
Healing Touch in Treating Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Healing Touch as a Supportive Intervention for Adult Acute Leukemia Patients: A Pilot Study
NCT00321880CI-TRIAL-00027839completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Supportive care, such as healing touch, may improve quality of life in patients receiving chemotherapy for acute leukemia. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well healing touch works in treating patients receiving chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia or acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| therapeutic touch | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Feasibility of recruiting and retaining patients for a randomized controlled trial to study healing touch (HT) as supportive care
- timeFrame
- 4 weeks
- measure
- Effectiveness of healing touch on reducing psychological stress and fatigue
- timeFrame
- 4 weeks
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of one of the following acute leukemias: * Acute lymphocytic leukemia * Acute myeloid leukemia * Hospitalized for induction (newly diagnosed patients) or reinduction (relapsed patients) chemotherapy * Must be oncology inpatients at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Must know adequate English to understand the consent form, complete questionnaires, and converse with study staff PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
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