Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
811006
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Breast cancer
Intervention
PMRT 1 hour prior to chemotherapy administration and daily thereafter for another 5 days (total of 6 PMRT sessions). Each session lasts for 25 minutes followed by 5 minutes of imagery techniques.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/1999
Overall trial end date
01/01/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients diagnosed with breast cancer and have no exposure to cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent prior to the study (chemotherapy-naive)
2. Females between the age of 18 - 70 years
3. Clinical indication to receive adriamycin with cyclophosphamide (AC) as adjuvant or salvage chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer
4. Able to read and write Chinese
5. Agree to sign the informed consent
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/1999
Recruitment end date
01/01/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Hong Kong
Trial participating centre
Nethersole School of Nursing
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Hong Kong
Sponsor information
Organisation
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (China)
Sponsor details
Health Welfare and Food Bureau
Government Secretariat
HKSAR
20th floor Murray Building
Garden Road
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Hong Kong
+852 (0)2973 8288
hsrf@hwfb.gov.hk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
http://www.fhb.gov.hk/grants/english/funds/funds_hhsrf/funds_hhsrf_abt/funds_hhsrf_abt.html
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11904789
Publication citations
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Results
Molassiotis A, Yung HP, Yam BM, Chan FY, Mok TS, The effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training in managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Chinese breast cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial., Support Care Cancer, 2002, 10, 3, 237-246, doi: 10.1007/s00520-001-0329-9.