Massage Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer Pain

NCT00082290 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2015-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Massage therapy may help lessen pain caused by cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well massage therapy works in treating patients with cancer pain.

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

OTHER

massage therapy

OTHER

visit with a volunteer

OTHER

period of quiet time

BEHAVIORAL

questionaire about pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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