Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

95

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 26, 2017

Primary Completion Date

October 1, 2019

Study Completion Date

October 1, 2019

Conditions
Treatment-Related Cancer
Interventions
OTHER

Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer

This study will describe the benefits and risks of an acupressure intervention to decrease nausea/vomiting and other treatment-related symptoms compared to a control group receiving usual care. Children in Arm A will receive usual symptom management care + acupressure 5 days/week for \~20 treatments. Parents will be taught how to provide acupressure as well. Children in Arm B will receive usual care alone.

Trial Locations (1)

94115

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Pierre's Birthday Fund

UNKNOWN

lead

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

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