Den här översättningen är inte klar ännu. Den här sidan är just nu på engelska.

Gå till den engelska sidan

Cure My Disease

Don't miss your cure!

 Log in / Sign up

Cupping vs gentle touch: which massage eases neck pain best?

NCT ID NCT07120659

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Tromso Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

What the study statuses mean

This study's is highlighted.

Recruitment status, easiest to join first

Recruiting now This study
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

When the status isn't known

Details not published
The full record has not been published yet, so there is little to show here.
Status unknown
This status has not been confirmed recently, so it may be out of date.

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This pilot study tests two massage techniques—vacuum (cupping) massage and soft tactile massage—in 60 adults with chronic neck pain. Participants receive six weekly sessions, and researchers use sensory tests to measure changes in pain pathways. The goal is to understand how these massages work and to help bring non-drug pain treatments into mainstream healthcare.

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 (vacuum massage and tactile massage)
What this could lead to
If successful, this study could help tailor massage therapies to individual needs and support integrating non-drug treatments for chronic neck pain into standard care.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It compares two massage types without a placebo group, making it hard to know if any benefit is due to the massage itself.

This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.

Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 60 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2025

Expected to finish

Dec 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

21 to 75 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * suffer from non-specific neck pain persisting at least 3 months * mean pain intensity ≥ 50 on a 0-100 mm visual analogue scale (NRS) with "0" meaning "no pain" and "100" meaning "worst pain imaginable" Exclusion Criteria: * neurological symptoms * having had a vertebral column surgery less than 12 months prior to the study, * have received TENS, acupuncture, osteopathy, or a chiropractic maneuver or infiltration at the area within 4 weeks prior to the inclusion in the study * suffer from a congenital deformation of the spine.

Get updates

Get notified about this study

Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Chronic neck pain are added.

Vår säkerhetsrekommendation!

Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Chronic neck pain

How to take part

Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.

  1. The places running it

    1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

    ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.

    Open the record ↗

  3. A doctor treating you

    A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Institute of Community Medicine, National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NAFKAM

    RECRUITING

    Tromsø, Troms, 9013, Norway

More trials for these conditions

Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.