Status:
COMPLETED
Massage Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Pain
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-120 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Massage therapy may help lessen pain caused by cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well massage therapy works in treating patients with cancer pain.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine whether the effects of massage therapy in patients with cancer pain are sufficiently promising to warrant a definitive trial. * Determine the feasibility of a definitive trial...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of cancer
- Baseline pain score ≥ 2 on a 0-10 rating scale where 0 = no pain
- Pain syndrome must be the result of cancer and/or cancer treatment
- No postoperative or other acute procedural pain
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Concurrent pharmacologic pain therapy allowed
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
92 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00082290
Start Date
May 1 2003
Last Update
December 18 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065