Needles or hands? study tests which eases cancer pain best

NCT ID NCT04095234

Summary

This study aims to find out whether acupuncture or massage provides better long-term pain relief for people with advanced cancer. Researchers will follow 300 patients over 26 weeks to see which approach helps more with pain and improves quality of life. The trial focuses on people with various advanced cancers who have experienced significant musculoskeletal pain for at least a month.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Baptist Alliance MCI

    Miami, Florida, 33143, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All Protocol Activities)

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

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