Can vitamin e cream soothe chemo's painful hand-foot side effect?
NCT ID NCT05939726
First seen Jan 17, 2026 · Last updated Apr 29, 2026 · Updated 17 times
Summary
This study tested whether moisturizing creams, with or without vitamin E from palm oil, can help resolve hand-foot skin reactions caused by the chemotherapy drug capecitabine. 145 cancer patients with mild (grade 1) hand-foot skin reaction took part. The goal was to see if adding these creams to standard urea-based cream improves skin healing.
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Sarawak General Hospital
Kuching, Sarawak, 93586, Malaysia
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