Clinical trial · Interventional
Integrative Care Training Program for Nurses on Supportive Cancer Care
Assessing the Impact of an Integrative Care Training Program for Nurses in Manual Therapies, Relaxation, Lifestyle Changes and Traditional Medicine on Quality of Life in Oncology Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study
- 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 integration of complementary medicine in supportive and palliative cancer care (i.e., Integrative Oncology) is becoming more prevalent in many of the leading oncology centers in Israel and worldwide. Guidelines for these practices, as established by the Society for Integrative Oncology, were adopted in 2018 by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The proposed study will be conducted within a pragmatic, randomized and controlled format, and will examine the impact of a nurse-guided intervention on 540 oncology patients undergoing Integrative Oncology treatments for quality of life (QOL)-related concerns during adjuvant/neo-adjuvant or curative/palliative treatments. Patients in both study arms will undergo patient-tailored integrative treatments, which will include manual and relaxation therapies, acupuncture and lifestyle changes. The integrative treatments will be provided by trained integrative oncology practitioners. Patients in the intervention arm of the study will receive additional nurse-guided instruction in the self-administration of manual therapies, relaxation, lifestyle changes and traditional medicine practices.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Nurse's Role | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrative medicine treatment program | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nurse-provided guidance | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nurse-guided arm
- description
- Nurse-provided guidance following an integrative medicine treatment program, for patient implementation of self-administered manual therapies, relaxation, lifestyle changes and traditional medicine.
- interventionNames
- Other: Nurse-provided guidance
- Other: Integrative medicine treatment program
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Non nurse-guided arm
- description
- Integrative medicine treatment program, with no nurse-provided guidance on patient implementation of self-administered manual therapies, relaxation, lifestyle changes and traditional medicine.
- interventionNames
- Other: Integrative medicine treatment program
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Oncology patients undergoing treatment within an adjuvant, neo-adjuvant, curative or palliative setting. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are unable to sign informed consent * Pregnant patients
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDBen-Arye E, Shulman B, Eilon Y, Woitiz R, Cherniak V, Shalom Sharabi I, Sher O, Reches H, Katz Y, Arad M, Schiff E, Samuels N, Caspi O, Lev-Ari S, Frenkel M, Agbarya A, Admi H. Attitudes Among Nurses Toward the Integration of Complementary Medicine Into Supportive Cancer Care. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2017 Jul 1;44(4):428-434. doi: 10.1188/17.ONF.428-434. PMID 28632238
- DERIVEDBen-Arye E, Tapiro Y, Baruch R, Tal A, Shulman B, Gressel O, Israeli P, Dagash J, Yosipovich A, Shalom Sharabi I, Zimmermann P, Samuels N. Integrative oncology for palliative care nurses: pre-post training evaluation. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024 May 17;14(2):178-182. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2022-004117. PMID 36690415