Clinical trial · Interventional
COMplementary Hand-foot Massage to Improve Experience of illneSs Trial
- 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)
The COMplementary hand-foot Massage to Improve experience of ilneSs trial (COMMIS trial) is a prospective, randomized trial and executed at a Western referral Centre: Zuyderland Medical Centre located Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands concerning patients who underwent surgery for gastrointestinal malignancy. During 5 consecutive days, the intervention group received postoperatively hand-foot massage administered by trained volunteers. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of complementary therapies concerning quality of life, pain, nausea, fatigue, sleeping problems, mood and stress in patients who underwent an operation as a result of gastrointestinal malignancy (stomach or colorectal).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal Cancer | Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand-foot massage | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual post-operative care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Therapy standard
- description
- Patients receive usual postoperative care
- interventionNames
- Other: Usual post-operative care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Therapy standard + hand-foot massage
- description
- Patients receive usual postoperative care and hand-foot massage
- interventionNames
- Other: Usual post-operative care
- Other: Hand-foot massage
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change from baseline in quality of life as assessed by EuroQol-5D-L3 (EQ-5D-L3) questionnaire
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who underwent an operation as a result of gastrointestinal malignancy (stomach or colorectal). * Patients \>18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who were not able to undergo massage * Patients who were not able to sign informed consent * Patients who did not speak the native language * Deaf patients * Patients having a hand- or foot disorder.
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