Caregiver massage app aims to soothe chemo nerve pain
NCT ID NCT06945380
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app can teach family caregivers safe massage techniques to help cancer survivors with long-term nerve pain and numbness caused by chemotherapy. About 300 participants (survivors and their caregivers) will use the app at home. The goal is to reduce nerve pain symptoms and improve well-being for both patients and caregivers.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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348 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18+ years of age. * Must speak and read English. * Have internet access. * PATIENTS: Must have received neurotoxic chemotherapy for adjuvant treatment of cancer. * PATIENTS: Screens positive for moderate to severe CIPN with a 4+ on a 0-10 scale, with 0 being no numbness/tingling or pain in hands or feet and 10 being most severe imaginable. * PATIENTS: Last chemo dose must be 6+ months in the past (symptoms persist in 30% of recipients \> 6 months, this assures those with established chronicity are included, reducing likelihood of spontaneous improvement). Also, no new chemotherapy should be anticipated during the study course. * PATIENTS: Must have internet access. * CAREGIVERS: Members of the patient's natural social support system including spouse, intimate partner, other family member (adult child, parent, other relative), friend or other lay person designated by the patient who agrees to serve as caregiver for the activities of the project. Exclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS: Other potential cause of neuropathy (e.g., diabetes). * PATIENTS: Ongoing treatment with a neuropathy-causing medication. * PATIENTS: History of oncology massage therapy for neuropathy in the last 3 months. * PATIENTS: Unstable lymphedema-if the patient is considered at risk of lymphedema, they can participate because level 2 pressure is deemed safe; however, if patient has had lymphedema, their condition must be declared stable by a certified lymphedema therapist (if stable, level 2 pressure is safe for this study's interventions).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224-9980, United States
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