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Essential Oils for Anxiety Disorders during Electrocautery

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Led By Murad Alam, MD

Research Sponsored by Northwestern University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Receiving same day cutaneous surgical procedure that requires electrocautery per protocol

>18 years of age

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up immediately after surgery

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether aromatherapy might help reduce the smell of burnt flesh from electrocautery and improve patient anxiety and discomfort during dermatologic surgery.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 18 in good health who are undergoing skin surgery with electrocautery in the Chicago area. They must be able to understand and sign a consent form. People can't join if they can't hold an aromatherapy device during surgery or have communication issues due to language barriers or mental impairment.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing whether essential oil aromatherapy can reduce the smell of burnt flesh from electrocautery, aiming to lower patient anxiety and discomfort. Participants will either receive no aroma (sham control) or aromatherapy randomly and then answer a questionnaire about their experience.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves aromatherapy, potential side effects may include allergic reactions or irritation from the oils, headaches, nausea, or other mild discomforts related to scent sensitivity.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am scheduled for a skin surgery today that will use electric current.

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I am older than 18 years.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ immediately after surgery

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~immediately after surgery

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and immediately after surgery for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Patient reported anxiety State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6)

Self-reported perceptions of cautery smell on a 4-point likert scale

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: AromatherapyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group II: ShamPlacebo Group1 Intervention

0 / 2Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor

1,585 Previous Clinical Trials

917,120 Total Patients Enrolled

20 Trials studying Anxiety

14,462 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety

Murad Alam, MDPrincipal InvestigatorNorthwestern University

69 Previous Clinical Trials

2,469 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Anxiety

135 Patients Enrolled for Anxiety

Media Library

No Essential Oil Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04260867 — N/A

Anxiety Research Study Groups: Sham, Aromatherapy

Anxiety Clinical Trial 2023: No Essential Oil Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04260867 — N/A

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Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is the research being undertaken in this project seeking additional participants?

"This trial, which was initially posted on December 22nd 2020, is no longer actively seeking participants. As per clinicaltrials.gov however, there are currently 616 other studies that are looking for enrolment."

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Essential Oils for Electrocautery

Murad Alam 2020. "Essential Oils for Electrocautery". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04260867.

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