NCT06442891

Self-Administered Relaxing Acupressure to Reduce Fatigue in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

A Pilot Study of Self-Administered Acupressure for Fatigue Among Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial tests the feasibility of self-administered relaxing acupressure on fatigue in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Acupressure, a type of complementary or alternative medicine, is the application of pressure or localized massage to specific sites on the body to control symptoms. Relaxing acupressure has been shown to improve cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in adults, however, less is known about the impact of relaxing acupressure on CRF in AYA cancer survivors."

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Determine the feasibility of implementing a randomized controlled trial of a six-week, self-administered relaxing acupressure intervention in AYA cancer survivors with clinically relevant CRF. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. Explore participants' perspectives of acceptability and satisfaction with the six-week acupressure interventions using semi-structured interviews. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE: I. Determine the preliminary efficacy of a six-week, virtual, self-administered relaxing acupressure intervention on clinically significant changes in CRF in post-treatment AYA cancer survivors. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients receive access to an acupressure mobile application and an AcuWand on study and self-administer relaxing acupressure to 9 acupoints over 27 minutes once daily (QD) for 6 weeks. ARM II: Patients receive access to an acupressure mobile application and an AcuWand and self-administer sham acupressure to non-acupressure point locations over 27 minutes QD for 6 weeks. Enrollment was increased to 45.

Conditions

• Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm
• Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupressure Therapy	Self-administer relaxing acupressure
PROCEDURE	Acupressure Therapy	Self-administer sham acupressure
OTHER	Internet-Based Intervention	Receive access to acupressure mobile app
OTHER	Interview	Ancillary studies
OTHER	Medical Device Usage and Evaluation	Receive an AcuWand
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-22
• Completion: 2025-12-22
• First posted: 2024-06-04
• Last updated: 2026-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States