Can squeezing hands and feet stop chemo nerve pain?
NCT ID NCT05531916
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether wearing pressurized gloves and foot caps during chemotherapy can prevent nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy) caused by the drug paclitaxel. It involves 182 people with nasopharyngeal cancer who have not yet started treatment. Each patient serves as their own control, and the main goal is to see if the compression therapy reduces the severity of nerve-related side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pressurized gloves and foot caps
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to prevent painful nerve damage from chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control group, so results may not be definitive. The device may not reduce nerve damage for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 182 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age range from 18 to 70 * ECOG physical status score: 0-2 * Newly diagnosed patients who have not received antitumor therapy * Nasopharyngeal carcinoma confirmed by pathology * Paclitaxel is included in the chemotherapy regimen * Laboratory examination results within one week before enrollment should meet the following conditions: neutrophils (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L, platelets (PLT) ≥80×109/L, total bilirubin (TBI) ≤1.5× upper limit of normal value (2mg/ dL), ALT and AST ≤2× upper limit of normal value * Patients voluntarily participate and provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with peripheral neuropathy, hand-foot syndrome, and dermatomyositis * Patients with missing fingers or toes * Patients with Raynaud's syndrome and peripheral vascular ischemia * Pregnant or lactating women * Those considered unsuitable for inclusion by the researcher
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
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