This study investigates whether wearing tight-fitting surgical gloves on the non-dominant hand could help prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in women with gynecologic cancers treated with paclitaxel. In this prospective, self-controlled observational study, seventy-six patients wear two tight surgical gloves on their non-dominant hand during each paclitaxel infusion. The dominant hand, without gloves, serves as a control. Neuropathy symptoms are assessed using the EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 questionnaire at baseline, mid-treatment, and end of treatment. Electromyography (EMG) is performed if clinically indicated.
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Incidence of Grade ≥2 Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) in the Intervention vs. Control Hand
Timeframe: At Day 1 (baseline, prior to chemotherapy), Day 64 (after Cycle 3), and Day 127 (after Cycle 6); each chemotherapy cycle is 21 days.