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NCT05898880
The Effect of Acupressure on Pain, Nausea-Vomiting, and Mental Well-Being in Oncology Patients
NA trial testing Self-acupressure in Pain in 93 participants. Status unknown.
31 July 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Mersin University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Status unknown |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 93 |
| Start date | 5 June 2023 |
| Primary completion | 31 July 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 24 August 2023 |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Self-acupressure
- Acupressure by therapists
- Control group — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Pain — all drugs for Pain →
- Nausea With Vomiting Chemotherapy-Induced — all drugs for Nausea With Vomiting Chemotherapy-Induced →
- Mental Health Wellness 1 — all drugs for Mental Health Wellness 1 →
Sponsor
Mersin University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Pain or Nausea With Vomiting Chemotherapy-Induced. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of self acupressure and acupressure applied by therapists on pain, nausea-vomiting, and mental well-being in oncology patients. For this purpose, 93 individuals with stage 1-stage 3 cancer will be included in the study. The main questions it aims to answer are: • Is acupressure effective on pain, nausea-vomiting and mental well-being in oncology patients? Is there a difference in the effectiveness of self-acupressure and acupressure applied by therapist on pain, nausea-vomiting and mental well-being? The participants will be included in the study as three groups, namely the self-acupressure group, the acupressure group applied by the therapist, and the control group. Self-acupressure participants will self-administer acupressure. In the acupressure group, which will be applied by the therapist, acupressure will be applied to the participants by researchers who have acupressure certificate. In the control group, acupressure etc. No additional application will be made. Visual analog scale, nausea-vomiting and retching index, and mental well-being scales will be applied to all groups at the beginning of the study and three days after the study.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Emerging advances in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for optimizing cancer complications.
Li K, Guo B, Gu J, Ta N, et al · · 2025 · cited 8× · PMID 39759851 · DOI 10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.101375
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05898880 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mersin University
- Last refreshed: 12 June 2023
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