OA01.04. The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of acupressure for chemotherapy-related nausea

Methods Randomised three-group sham-controlled trial. Patients with heterogeneous cancer diagnoses receiving low, moderate and highly emetogenic chemotherapy randomised to receive, in addition to standardised antiemetics, either acupressure wristbands, sham acupressure wristbands or antiemetics alone. Patients were instructed to wear the wristbands for 7 days during each cycle of chemotherapy. Patients participated for 4 cycles of chemotherapy. An economic evaluation was carried out based on drug and health service utilisation. A nested qualitative interview study was also incorporated to shed more light into quantitative findings.