Clinical trial · Interventional
Aromatherapy and Essential Oils in Improving Insomnia and Other Symptoms in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Leukemia Undergoing Chemotherapy
The Effect of Aromatherapy on Insomnia and Other Common Cancer Patient Symptoms
NCT02445378CI-TRIAL-00037965completedN/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)
This randomized clinical trial studies aromatherapy and essential oils in improving insomnia and other symptoms in patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia. Aromatherapy and essential oils may help improve insomnia and other complications caused by chemotherapy.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Leukemia | Acute Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Anorexia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dyspnea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Insomnia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nausea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aromatherapy and Essential Oils | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Placebo | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group I (aromatherapy and essential oils week 1)
- description
- Patients select between 3 scented essential oils: peppermint, lavender, or chamomile which is diffused in the hospital room from approximately 9 PM in the evening until morning during week 1 and placebo intervention using rose water during week 2.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
- Other: Placebo
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group II (aromatherapy and essential oils week 3)
- description
- Patients undergo placebo intervention using rose water during week 1 and aromatherapy and essential oils as in Group I during week 2.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
- Other: Placebo
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are newly diagnosed with acute leukemia and hospitalized to receive their initial 4 weeks of intensive induction chemotherapy for this disease Exclusion Criteria: * Asthma or other reactive airway disease * Sleep apnea * Planned less than two week hospitalization * Change in pain medications/sleeping medications/anxiety medications/antiemetics during the trial * Patients who have not completed their initial steroids * Patients who are confused and unable to give informed consent
References
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