Sesame and Reduced Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Phlebitis

• Comparing the Effects of Sesame Oil vs. Nitroglycerin Ointment on the Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Phlebitis: A Single Blind Clinical Trial.

  • 2023-04-01
  • RCT
  • Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 24(4)
  • • Neda Safikani Mohammadzadeh
    • Nasrin Elahi
    • Shahram Molavynejad
    • Elham Maraghi
    • Ali Ehsanpor

  • PubMed: 37116130
  • DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2023.24.4.1113

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Phlebitis

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  No statistically significant difference was observed between the incidence of phlebitis in the sesame oil, nitroglycerin ointment and alcohol-betadine groups in the first 24 hours (p=0.2), the second 24 hours (p=0.13) and the third 24 hours (p=0.13).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No