The goal of this research is to assess whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy can alleviate the symptoms of Nab-paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy and improve patient-reported quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
160
Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and given hyperbaric oxygen intervention, one per day for 90-120 minutes, for a total of 20-30 hyperbaric oxygen treatments (100% oxygen at a pressure of 2.0 ATA)
Standard care
Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 subscales
Self-reported neuropathy was assessed with the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ) CIPN20, which contains 20 items divided into three subscales assessing sensory, motor and autonomic symptoms. Each item was scored on a scale ranging from 1 'not at all' to 4 'very much'. Scores were transformed to a 0-100 scale, with higher scores representing more complaints
Time frame: baseline, after intervention (week 6) and 1 , 3 , 6 and 12month after the intervention ended.
NCI-CTCAE 5.0
Patients will be assessed by professional physicians in accordance with the CTCAE Version 5.0 grading criteria. The evaluated items include peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, dysesthesia, paresthesia, myalgia, arthralgia, and neuralgia, each of which will be graded on a scale from Grade 0 to Grade 4
Time frame: baseline, after intervention (week 6) and 1 , 3 , 6 and 12month after the intervention ended
EORTC QLQ-C30
QoL was assessed with the EORTC QLQ-C30, which contains five functional scales, a global health status/QoL scale, three symptoms scales and six single items. Each item was scored on a scale ranging from 1 'not at all' to 4 'very much', except for the global QoL scale that ranges from 1 'very poor' to 7 'excellent'. Scores were transformed to a 0-100 scale, where higher scores indicate better functional status and quality of life (QoL), whereas higher scores reflect more severe symptoms.
Time frame: baseline, after intervention (week 6) and 1 , 3 , 6 and 12month after the intervention ended
BPI-SF
Patient-reported pain severity and functional interference was assessed using the well-validated Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF). The Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) includes four items that assess average, worst, least, and current pain severity over the past 24 hours. Each pain severity item is rated on an 11-point numeric rating scale (0 = no pain; 10 = pain as bad as you can imagine). Moreover, seven BPI items-assessing interference with daily activities/functions-are scored using the same 11-point scale (0 = does not interfere; 10 = completely interferes), consistent with established methodology. The seven items were summed to obtain a total interference score.
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Time frame: baseline, after intervention (week 6) and 1 , 3 , 6 and 12month after the intervention ended
Nerve Conduction Velocity
Sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV) and motor nerve conduction velocity (SNCV) will be measured. The nerves measured included the tibial nerve, sural nerve, median nerve, and ulnar nerve.
Time frame: baseline, after intervention (week 6) and 1 , 3 , 6 and 12month after the intervention ended