Trial reportCancer2018
Acupressure bands do not improve chemotherapy-induced nausea control in pediatric patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy: A single-blinded, randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04651608 (Effectiveness of Acupress in The Management of Chemotherapy-Developed Acute Nausea Vomiting Symptoms In Child Oncology Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Acupress in The Management of Chemotherapy-Developed Acute Nausea Vomiting Symptoms In Child Oncology Patients
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meridian-based traditional Chinese medicine interventions for supportive care in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and predictors of long-delayed (> 120 h) chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)-a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Complementary and alternative medicine modalities used to treat adverse effects of anti-cancer treatment among children and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Pooled it
- Treated well but feeling poorly: examining supportive care devices in oncology practice.The oncologist · 2025Article
- Acupoint massage: a comprehensive descriptive review of its forms, applications, and underlying mechanisms.Chinese medicine · 2025Review
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- Children's Oncology Group's 2023 blueprint for research: Cancer control and supportive care.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2023Article
- Translation of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) Into Spanish and Evaluating Understandability Among Spanish-Speaking Hispanic American Children and Adolescents Receiving Chemotherapy.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2022Article
- The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool: French translation and face validity in Francophone-Canadian pediatric oncology patients.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2021Article
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- Acupressure to Reduce Treatment-Related Symptoms for Children With Cancer and Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Global advances in health and medicine · 2019Article
- The Use of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Combination With Pharmacological Antiemetics to Address Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology nursingArticle
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14 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting remain common, distressing side effects of chemotherapy. It has been reported that acupressure prevents chemotherapy-induced nausea in adults, but it has not been well studied in children.
methodsIn this multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled trial, the authors compared acute-phase nausea severity in patients ages 4 to 18 years who were receiving highly emetic chemotherapy using standard antiemetic agents combined with acupressure wrist bands, the most common type of acupressure, versus sham bands. Patients wore acupressure or sham bands continuously on each day of chemotherapy and for up to 7 days afterward. Chemotherapy-induced nausea severity in the delayed phase and chemotherapy-induced vomiting control in the acute and delayed phases also were compared.
resultsOf the 187 patients randomized, 165 contributed nausea severity assessments during the acute phase. Acupressure bands did not reduce the severity of chemotherapy-induced nausea in the acute phase (odds ratio [OR], 1.33; 95% confidence limits, 0.89-2.00, in which an OR <1.00 favored acupressure) or in the delayed phase (OR, 1.23; 95% CL, 0.75-2.01). Furthermore, acupressure bands did not improve daily vomiting control during the acute phase (OR, 1.57; 95% CL, 0.95-2.59) or the delayed phase (OR, 0.84; 95% CL, 0.45-1.58). No serious adverse events were reported.
conclusionsAcupressure bands were safe but did not improve chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting in pediatric patients who were receiving highly emetic chemotherapy. Cancer 2018;124:1188-96. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
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