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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
300
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.
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.
Baptist Alliance MCI
Miami, Florida, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Worst Pain
Worst Pain Item from the short-form Brief Pain Inventory (BPI). The short-form BPI will be used to quantify pain severity and pain interference. The BPI contains 4 pain severity items and 7 pain interference items, all rated on a scale from 0 to 10 (higher ratings indicate worse pain intensity/interference).
Time frame: 26 weeks from randomization
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
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