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NCT01553578 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Healing Touch or Guided Imagery In Treating Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

A NA study, sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
244
Enrollment target

NCT01553578: Completed NA study, sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

NCT01553578 is a NA study that has completed, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences. The registered enrollment target is 244 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (83% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT01553578, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
244 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

This randomized clinical trial studies healing touch or guided imagery in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Healing touch and guided imagery may help treat complications caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether healing touch or guided imagery is more effective in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy

Primary Outcome

Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests.

Interventions

  • OTHER questionnaire administration
  • PROCEDURE standard follow-up care
  • PROCEDURE therapeutic touch
  • BEHAVIORAL management of therapy complications

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 244 participants
Start Date 2012-02
Est. Completion 2013-02
Phase NA
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

1,140 total trials

What the finished NCT01553578 record still lists

NCT01553578 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registered 244 participants enrollment target is mid-sized for trials with a published cap, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (83% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 4 interventions - of which questionnaire administration is the first listed.

NCT01553578 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT01553578 about?

NCT01553578 is a clinical study titled "Healing Touch or Guided Imagery In Treating Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy". This randomized clinical trial studies healing touch or guided imagery in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Healing touch and guided imagery may help treat complications caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether healing touch or guided imagery...

What is the current status of trial NCT01553578?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 244 participants. The study started on 2012-02. Estimated completion is 2013-02.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT01553578?

The interventions under investigation include: questionnaire administration (OTHER), standard follow-up care (PROCEDURE), therapeutic touch (PROCEDURE), management of therapy complications (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT01553578?

This trial is sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which has 1,140 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT01553578's enrollment target sits among peer trials

244 438th of 2000 higher than 1,563 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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