Massage during chemo: a new way to ease cancer treatment stress?
NCT ID NCT07502157
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 7 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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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 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 85 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with gynecologic cancer receiving active treatment of infusion, including but not limited to chemotherapy, immunotherapy, antibiotics, and blood. * Patients with gynecological cancer undergoing an infusion for the first time. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with gynecologic cancer that has received infusion therapy anytime within the past 2 years.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kentucky
RECRUITINGLexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States
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