Status:
COMPLETED
Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Elements Music Therapy Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China
Collaborating Sponsors:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) five elements music therapy improving quality of life for patients with advanced cancer, as well as establish...
Detailed Description
Design: As randomized controlled trial (RCT) with un-blinded design will be done.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eligible participation will be enrolled based on diagnostic criteria.
- Advanced cancer patient with more than 50 scores of Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS).
- Diagnosis of advanced cancer
- Patients who are willing to be subject with taking part in this research voluntarily.
- No prior experience with TCM music therapy.
- Newly admitted to TCM oncology department for 3 weeks treatment course.
Exclusion
- Complicated diagnose or one who don't consistent with inclusion criteria.
- Patients suffering from psychosis or diagnosis, or psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., schizophrenia).
- Suffering from acute organ prostration or other condition of demanding to rescue，inability for accepting music therapy.
- One don't read or fill in diary owing to some causes, such as state of the art or acuity of vision
- One suffering from hearing disturbance
- Accepted TCM five elements music therapy in the past.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
146 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00964314
Start Date
February 1 2009
End Date
October 1 2011
Last Update
April 23 2012
Active Locations (2)
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1
Xi-Yuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100091
2
Oncology Department of Xi Yuan hospital
Beijing, HaiDian District, China, 100091