This study compares the effects of receiving pre-operative Medical Reiki© to sham Reiki on the psychosocial well-being and recovery of women undergoing breast cancer surgery. Reiki is a form of energy therapy involving the facilitation of healing through the manipulation of biofields utilizing light touch. Practitioners lightly place their hands directly on or above the recipient’s’ body to transmit energy from the practitioner to the recipient. This process of targeting the energy fields around the patient’s body is believed to stimulate the patient’s natural ability to heal itself. Receiving Medical Reiki right before surgery may help with physical and emotional recovery in women undergoing breast cancer surgery.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT06524895.
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United States
New York
Bronx
Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler HospitalStatus: Active
Contact: Alyson Moadel
Phone: 718-432-2696
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. The feasibility of offering Medical Reiki to breast cancer patients immediately prior to breast surgery.
II. The impact of pre-operative medical Reiki versus (vs) sham Reiki on post-operative recovery at timepoints T1 and T2, controlling for T0 based on measures of:
IIa. Subjective quality of life (QoL): Self-reported pain, fatigue, distress;
IIb. Objective recovery metrics: Parasympathetic nervous system response (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate).
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. The impact of pre-operative medical Reiki vs sham Reiki on a post-operative measure of the stress hormone, salivary cortisol, at T2, controlling for T0.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo Medical Reiki over 30 minutes in the pre-operative setting prior to breast surgery on study.
ARM II: Patients undergo sham Reiki over 30 minutes in the pre-operative setting prior to breast surgery on study.
Upon completion of study intervention, patients are followed up for up to 2 months.
Trial PhaseNo phase specified
Trial Typesupportive care
Lead OrganizationMontefiore Medical Center-Weiler Hospital
Principal InvestigatorAlyson Moadel
