Prevention of CIPN Using Compressive Therapy

Compression therapy will be applied using surgical gloves and compression knee socks. The compression itself will take place on the principle of compressing the limbs, which will narrow the blood vessels and thereby limit the flow of cytostatics to the peripheral parts of the body. This is believed to reduce damage to nerve fibers. Special knee socks with compression of 20-30 mm Hg and latex/nitrile surgical gloves will be used for pressure therapy. The size of the compression aids will be determined by the nursing staff (gloves will be a tight-fitting size; they will not cause discomfort). The patients will wear the compression aids for a specific amount of time before administering paclitaxel, throughout paclitaxel infusion, and after the infusion.