Recruiting

Massage

Sponsor:

Centennial College

Code:

NCT00698113

Conditions

Anxiety

Depression

Stress

Pediatric Cancers

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 6 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Massage

Journaling

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.

Conditions

Anxiety

Depression

Stress

Pediatric Cancers

Study ID

NCT00698113

Start date

Apr, 2007

Status verified date

Jun, 2008

Completion date

Jun, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 6 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children aged 6 to 18 years
  • Children with a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
  • Children who are currently receiving active cancer care

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children under the age of 6
  • Children with a life expectancy of less than 12 weeks
  • Children not currently receiving active cancer care

Study Design

Enrollment

24 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: 1

This group receives the massage intervention for a period of six weeks. Children and parents are asked to journal weekly for the six week period.

no intervention: 2

The control group does not receive any massage intervention during the initial six weeks of the study. The children are asked to journal during this six week period.

Interventions

Massage

Children will receive a 10-15 minute massage seated (clothed), or in bed (clothed or unclothed) each day using the following protocol: stroking, effleurage, petrissage, muscle squeezing, effleurage, stroking. Massaged areas can include the back, arms and legs.

Parents will receive a one hour educational session with a Massage Therapist, a DVD, and written materials that all illustrate the required protocol.

Journaling

Children will complete weekly journals about their feelings. These journals will either be drawn or written based on the preference of the child. Parents will complete a weekly journal outlining the number of massages given to their child, barriers that prevented massage, and their experience of giving the massage.

Primary outcome measure

  • To test the feasibility of the educational intervention in parent-delivered massage for children undergoing treatment for cancer at a paediatric oncology centre, to guide sample size estimation for a future randomized trial. [ Time Frame: Period of study ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed

416-289-5000tdryden@centennialcollege.ca

Stacey Neilson, BA (Hons), RMT

416-289-5999sneilson@rogers.com

Locations

Stollery Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7

Contacts

Linda Churcher, CCRP

780-407-8790lindachurcher@cha.ab.ca

Ronda Blasco

780-407-2056Ronda.Blasco@capitalhealth.ca

Principal Investigator:

Linda Churcher, CCRP

More Information

Sponsor

Centennial College

Last update posted

Jun 19, 2009

Last verified

Jun, 2008

Keywords

  • anxiety
  • depression
  • stress
  • cancer symptoms
  • pediatric cancer
  • massage
  • parent delivered massage

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Centennial College on 2009-06-19.