Use of Aromatherapy to Reduce Symptom Burden

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of inhaled aromatherapy on symptoms of nausea/vomiting and anxiety in patients who have received a stem cell transplant. Aromatherapy involves essential oils from aromatic plants that can be absorbed into the body in different ways. Our study will be using inhaled aromatherapy, which has been found helpful for symptoms such as nausea/vomiting and anxiety.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University
• Collaborator: Indiana University Health

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients from a bone marrow transplant unit or hematology/oncology unit within an adult academic health center in the Midwest.

• Adult stem cell transplant inpatients that have received autologous or allogeneic transplant and are actively going through therapy.

• Patients must also be alert and oriented, able to interact with the study team, and able to read and write English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years of age

• Intubation

• Medical sedation

• Receipt of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells

• History of atrial fibrillation

• History of seizures/epilepsy

• Adhesive allergy or sensitivity

• Currently pregnant

• Prisoner