Hand and foot compression to prevent nerve damage from chemotherapy
Part of Cancer, Digestive system, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests whether wearing compression garments on the hands and feet during chemotherapy can help prevent nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy) caused by certain chemo drugs. It is for people being treated for breast, rectal, or colorectal cancer.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled to receive taxane chemotherapy for breast cancer, or oxaliplatin chemotherapy for rectal or colorectal cancer.
- Your chemotherapy treatment will last between 8 and 26 weeks.
- You have not had certain types of chemotherapy before (like taxanes, platinum drugs, or others listed).
- You do not have distant metastases (cancer that has spread to other parts of the body).
- You do not have any current swelling of the arms or legs that needs compression therapy.
- You are able to understand written and spoken Swedish.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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