Clinical trial · Interventional
Training of Arms to Reduce Pain With Peripheral Venous Catheter
Can Training of the Armsy Reduce Pain When Inserting a Peripheral Venous Catheter, and How is it Experienced That There Can be Challenges With Vein Status for Patients in Cytostatic Treatment?
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Changes in provision of chemotherapy have made it impossible to recruit patients according to the protocol
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Female patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer often experience pain and discomfort when a peripheral venous catheter is inserted. This randomized, controlled trial investigates whether there is a difference in the degree of pain during PVC insertion in patients who exercise their arms, and whether exercise improves vein status. Participation involves: * Everyone must have had their peripheral venous catheter (PVC) inserted at least five times in the DROP-IN, which is an outpatient clinic staffed by anesthesia nurses who are specialists in applying PVCs. * Everyone will three times be asked to answer some questions in the DROP-IN, have their grip strength measured in both hands, and have the course of the veins in their arms clarified. * The training group must do arm training exercises daily for at least eight weeks (training equipment is provided) * Ten participants will at the end of the project period be invited to participate in a telephone interview about experiences of vein status during a cancer treatment course.
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 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Veins | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arm training | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Training group
- interventionNames
- Other: Arm training
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Normal care
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Level of pain as measure by the Numeric Rating Scale (score 1-10 where a low value defines low level of pain)
- timeFrame
- Measured at baseline
- description
- Pain level after insertion of periphral venous catheter and at general activity measured with Numeric Rating Scale
- measure
- Level of pain as measure by the Numeric Rating Scale (score 1-10 where a low value defines low level of pain)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Planned neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy via intravenous peripheral venous cannula placed under ultrasound guidance * PVC insertion is performed in the DROP-IN outpatient clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Vejle Hospital, at least four times * The patient has provided written and orally informed consent * The patient must be cognitively well preserved and able to understand information Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who cannot read and understand Danish * Patients \<18 years
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