Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Cryotherapy on Breast Cancer Patients
The Effect of Cryotherapy on Breast Cancer Patients in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
- 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 goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of cryotherpay on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy(CIPN) among Breast Cancer Patients. The main questions of research are: * Does cryotherapy reduce the incidence of CIPN? * Does cryotherapy reduce the severity of CIPN and improve the quality of life? Participants will be put on the cold gloves and boots during chemotherapy injection process and total 90 minutes. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare usual care group to make sure if it effects of CIPN.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| cryotherapy | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| education | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cryotherapy group
- description
- Both hands and feet received cryotherapy gloves and boots
- interventionNames
- Device: cryotherapy
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Usual care group
- description
- health education leaflets
- interventionNames
- Other: education
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Patient neurotoxicity questionnaire (PNQ)
- timeFrame
- first day
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of Breast cancer stage I-III, first time receive paclitaxel neurotoxic chemotherapy, consciousness clear, able to communicate in Taiwanese or Mandarin Exclusion Criteria: * Insulin depent diabetes, Raynaud's disease, cold urticaria disease, cryoglobulinemia and sclerosing basal cell carcinoma, those diagnosed with mental illness, and those with visual or hearing impairments.
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