Trial reportBMC complementary medicine and therapies2024
The clinical effect of an electric massage chair on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients: randomized phase II cross-over trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06788288 (The Long-term Impact of the Usage of New Generation Massage Chairs on Quality and Quantity of Sleep-in Individuals Suffering from Insomnia.), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Long-term Impact of the Usage of New Generation Massage Chairs on Quality and Quantity of Sleep-in Individuals Suffering from Insomnia.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Harms of massage in persons with cancer or receiving treatment for cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of patient-reported outcomes and healthcare utilization between metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving systemic therapy with or without concurrent palliative care support: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- New Generation Automatic Massage Chairs for Enhancing Daytime Naps: A Crossover Placebo-Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common adverse events in cancer patients and can negatively affect their quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of an electric massage chair (EMC) for the treatment of CINV.
methodsA randomized phase II cross-over trial was conducted on solid cancer patients who received moderate (MEC) to high emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC). The participants were randomly assigned to receive their first chemotherapy either on a standard bed (Group A) or in an EMC (Group B) during the infusion. The patients were then crossed over to the next cycle. CINV and QoL questionnaires were collected from the participants.
resultsA total of 59 patients completed the trial protocol and were included in the analysis, with 29 and 30 patients in Groups A and B, respectively. The mean INVR (Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching) score in the 2nd day of the first cycle was higher in Group B (3.63 ± 5.35) than Group A (2.76 ± 4.78), but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.5367). The complete response rate showed little difference between the groups. Among the high-emetic risk subgroups, patients who received HEC (p = 0.04595), younger patients (p = 0.0108), and non-colorectal cancer patients (p = 0.0495) presented significantly lower CINV scores when EMC was applied.
conclusionOverall, there was no significant difference in INVR scores between standard care and EMC. Applying EMC at the first chemotherapy infusion may help preserve QoL and reduce CINV in high-risk patients.
trial registrationKCT0008200, 17/02/2023, Retrospectively registered.
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