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NCT06590766
Impact of Acupuncture and Manual Therapies on Patients' Quality-of-life in a Hospital-to-community Continuum
NA trial testing acupressure/relaxation with acupuncture in Oncology in 520 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 December 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Carmel Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 520 |
| Start date | 18 April 2023 |
| Primary completion | 30 December 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 June 2027 |
| Sites | 1 location across Israel |
Drugs / interventions tested
- acupressure/relaxation with acupuncture
Conditions studied
- Oncology — all drugs for Oncology →
Sponsor
Carmel Medical Center
Who can join
Adults 18 to 100, any sex, with Oncology. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Oncology patients often suffer during hospitalization from pain, emotional distress, gastrointestinal symptoms, weakness, and quality of life (QoL)-related concerns. A large body of research has shown that acupuncture and other integrative oncology (IO) modalities, when provided in conjunction with supportive care, can significantly address and alleviate QoL-related concerns. In the proposed study, we examine an innovative model of IO and palliative care, provided to patients with cancer during hospitalization. Oncology patients at the Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, will be referred by hospital to IO/palliative care, specifying the patient's QoL-related concerns. After signing the informed consent form, patients will be asked to choose between IO intervention (Group A and B) or palliative nursing counseling only (Group C). Patients choosing to undergo integrative treatment will be randomly allocated to one of the two study interventions: acupressure-relaxation alone (Group A); or acupressure-relaxation modalities with acupuncture (Group B). The response to the study intervention for QoL-related concerns will be re-assessed immediately; at 24-48 hours; and after 2 weeks following the treatment. Patients will also undergo objective measurements during treatment using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Nociception Levels (NOL) to determine the impact of the intervention on their QoL and concerns. In summary, the proposed study will examine the short-term impact of an integrative/palliative intervention on patient QoL-related concerns, comparing acupressure-relaxation modalities with or without acupuncture, as well as to patients receiving palliative nursing counseling. Following discharge, treatments will be provided at one of six participating community IO services, over a 12-week period, in coordination with the oncology and palliative care teams in the community.
Publications & conference data
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06590766 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Carmel Medical Center
- Last refreshed: 19 September 2024
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