Trials / Active Not Recruiting
Active Not RecruitingNCT04095234
Integrative Medicine for Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer Trial (IMPACT)
- Status
- Active Not Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 300 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the long-term effectiveness of acupuncture versus massage in people living with advanced cancer. The study will test how the two approaches compare in helping people with pain and its related symptoms and improving quality of life.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Acupuncture | Acupuncture, a therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), involves penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles that are manipulated by hand or electrical stimulation. If the patient has an electronically charged device, they will not receive TENS stimulation. |
| PROCEDURE | Massage | Massage, which involves the manual manipulation of muscles and other soft tissue areas of the body, is one of the earliest known forms of pain relief. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-09-17
- Primary completion
- 2022-09-30
- Completion
- 2026-09-01
- First posted
- 2019-09-19
- Last updated
- 2025-10-10
Locations
8 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04095234. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.