Clinical trial · Interventional
Healing Touch in Treating Fatigue in Women Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Examining the Effect of Healing Touch on Radiotherapy-induced Fatigue
NCT00574145CI-TRIAL-00007962completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.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: Healing touch therapy may be effective in lessening fatigue in women with breast cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well healing touch works in treating fatigue in women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (5)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-field energy therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| fatigue assessment and management | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| quality-of-life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| therapeutic touch | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Radiotherapy/Supportive Care (A)
- description
- Patients receive radiotherapy and healing touch therapy from a healing touch therapist once a week for the duration of their radiotherapy
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Bio-field energy therapy
- Procedure: fatigue assessment and management
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
- Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
- Procedure: therapeutic touch
- type
- SHAM_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control ARM (B)
- description
- Patients receive radiotherapy and sham healing touch therapy from a sham healing touch therapist once a week for the duration of their therapy
- interventionNames
- Procedure: fatigue assessment and management
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
- Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically proven breast cancer * Receiving post lumpectomy or post mastectomy radiation therapy (RT) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0, 1 or 2 * Prescribed a minimum of 5 weeks of RT * Between the ages of 21 and 75 * Able to speak English. * Provides written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Documented active psychiatric illness * Documented cognitive impairment that would preclude the ability to provide informed consent. * Stage IV breast cancer * Receiving concurrent chemotherapy and RT
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDFitzHenry F, Wells N, Slater V, Dietrich MS, Wisawatapnimit P, Chakravarthy AB. A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study of the impact of healing touch on fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. Integr Cancer Ther. 2014 Mar;13(2):105-13. doi: 10.1177/1534735413503545. Epub 2013 Oct 7. PMID 24105358