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CompletedNCT00066079

Home Based Massage and Relaxation for Sickle Cell Pain

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (planned)
Sponsor
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · NIH
Sex
All
Age
15 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of in-home, family-administered massage and in-home relaxation training on measures of physical status and health care utilization in a sample of African American adolescents age 15 years and older and adults with chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease who have been randomly assigned to six sessions of either family-administered massage or progressive muscle relaxation training.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREmassage
BEHAVIORALrelaxation

Timeline

Start date
2003-08-01
Primary completion
2006-11-01
Completion
2006-11-01
First posted
2003-08-05
Last updated
2008-08-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00066079. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.