Massage during chemo: a new way to ease cancer treatment stress?

NCT ID NCT07502157

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: Jill Cole Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 5 times

Summary

This small study will test whether giving a 15-20 minute massage during infusion therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in women with gynecologic cancer. Twenty-four participants will be randomly assigned to receive either a hand, foot, or neck/shoulder massage or simply talk with the massage therapist. The main goal is to see if such a study is even possible to run in a busy hospital infusion center.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Massage therapy (hand, foot, or neck/shoulder Swedish massage)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to help cancer patients feel better during infusion treatments.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 24 people. It is designed to test whether the study itself can be done, not to prove massage works. Results may not apply to all patients.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anxiety disorder female reproductive organ cancer neoplasm Pain

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

GYNECOLOGIC CANCER

Contacts and locations

Locations

University of Kentucky
RECRUITING

Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States

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