Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0186103058
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Randomised trial to assess the effectiveness of a massage cream containing aromatherapy oils vs massage cream alone in the treatment of lymphoedema.
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
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Cancer: Lymphoedema
Intervention
Massage cream containing aromatherapy oils vs massage cream alone
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/09/2001
Overall trial end date
30/04/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
20 patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
20
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/09/2001
Recruitment end date
30/04/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Dorset Cancer Centre
Poole
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Poole Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2006 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16563861
Publication citations
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Results
Barclay J, Vestey J, Lambert A, Balmer C, Reducing the symptoms of lymphoedema: is there a role for aromatherapy?, Eur J Oncol Nurs, 2006, 10, 2, 140-149, doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.10.008.