Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a consciousness discipline that is grounded in eastern philosophy and traditions such as yoga and Buddhism, focusing on awareness of the present moment. It aims to teach people to deal more effectively with experience through awareness of feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. Participants learn to engage in mindfulness practices such as body scan, simple yoga exercises, and meditation.
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CJON 2014 article--Update on Research-Based Interventions for Anxiety in Patients with Cancer
Anxiety Search Strategy and Results
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CJON 2009 article—Putting Evidence Into Practice®: Evidence-Based Interventions to Prevent and Manage Anorexia
Anorexia Search Strategy and Results
Oral Nutritional Interventions
Oral nutritional interventions involve the provision of dietary advice or education with or without dietary modification or nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements included in this type of intervention are those involving general protein-calorie supplements and multiple combinations of vitamins, minerals, and other compounds. Specific herbal supplements and some highly specific supplements such as carnitine and individual vitamins are considered as separate interventions.
Netupitant-Palonosetron Combination (NEPA)
Netupitant-Palonosetron Combination (NEPA) is a single-day, fixed-dose combination drug that targets dual antiemetic pathways. It is a combination of netupitant, an NK1 receptor antagonist, and palonosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist. This drug has been used to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
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CJON 2007 article—Putting Evidence Into Practice®: Evidence-Based Interventions for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
CINV Search Strategy and Results
Cannabis/Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids are compounds present in the Cannabis plant that bind to cannabinoid receptors and exert pharmacologic effects that stimulate appetite, act as antiemetics, and have analgesic effects. Cannabinoids approved for use in the United States include dronabinol and nabilone. Cannabis compounds studied for symptom management in patients with cancer have been in oral forms, oral spray, or ingested through smoking. It should be noted that not all Cannabis formulations or methods of ingestion necessarily provide the same effects and results.