Clinical trial · Interventional
Healing Touch During Chemotherapy Infusions for Women With Breast Cancer
NCT00533663CI-TRIAL-00059277completedN/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)
To study if Healing Touch is effective during chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| guided relaxation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Healing Touch | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Standard Care + Healing Touch (HT)
- description
- A a gentle, non-invasive form of energy-balancing work that promotes relaxation and can help manage the side effects of chemotherapy. It occurs every other week (during their infusion).
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Healing Touch
- Other: Standard care
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard Care + Guided relaxation
- description
- Guided relaxation every other week (during their infusion).
- interventionNames
- Other: Standard care
- Procedure: guided relaxation
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 70 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria:- Stage I or II breast cancer * Post-operative * Concurrent enrollment on a treatment protocol of 8 weeks of adriamycin + cyclophosphamide given every other week followed by 8 weeks of paclitaxel given every other week * ECOG Performance Status: 0 to 2 * Speak and read English Exclusion Criteria:- Previous chemotherapy exposure \- Concomitant energy-work interventions (HT, Reiki, QiGong, acupuncture).
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