Clinical trial · Interventional
Essential Oils on Anxiety of Patients Suffering From Cancer
Impact of Essential Oils on Anxiety of Patients Suffering From Metastasis Cancer - Feasibility Study
NCT02835352CI-TRIAL-00031353RHECAPterminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Too slow recruitment and study data to be recorded not available.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study evaluates the impact of essential oils massage on anxiety of patients who are suffering from cancer at a metastasis stage. Half of patients will be massaged first by essential oils and then by oil only. The other half will be massaged first by oil and then by essential oils.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasm Metastasis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential oils massages | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Oil massages | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Essential oils then oil massages
- description
- Essential oils massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days
- interventionNames
- Other: Essential oils massages
- Other: Oil massages
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Oil then essential oils massages
- description
- Oil massages will be done as needed during a period of 7 days, then essential oïl massages as needed will be done during a follow-up period of 7 days
- interventionNames
- Other: Essential oils massages
- Other: Oil massages
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult suffering from cancer at a metastatic stage * Life expectancy \> 15 days, assessed by investigator * Hospitalized at the Chevrel unit from Centre Eugène Marquis, palliative unit care, for more than 15 days * Regular anxiolytic treatment or imperative need to introduce anxiolytic treatment (assessed by investigator) within 48 hours following his hospitalization entry * \> 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patient already recruited in a therapeutic trial * Patient not covered by a social security system * Pregnant or likely pregnant patient, breastfeeding patient * Allergy to any component of essential oils mixture and vegetable oils : bitter orange petitgrain, fine lavender, ylang-ylang, macadamia * Minors, people deprived of their liberty or protected people, * Impaired cognitive functions making impossible to obtain informed consent
References
Publications (0)
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