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Acupressure for the Reduction of Anxiety in Patients Receiving Cancer-Directed Therapy
NCT06723041 · Mayo Clinic
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Official title
Acupressure for Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Acupressure Intervention for Patients Receiving Cancer-Directed Therapy
About this study
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To test the efficacy of a nurse-applied acupressure intervention for anxiety associated with active cancer-directed therapy.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To test the efficacy of a patient-applied acupressure intervention for anxiety associated with active cancer-directed therapy.
II. To assess whether acupressure appears to improve nausea related to cancer and cancer-directed therapy.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo true acupressure over 10 minutes on study. Patients that choose to learn self-administration acupressure at home receive educational information and undergo self-administration acupressure sessions at least twice daily (BID) for seven days.
ARM II: Patients undergo sham acupressure over 10 minutes on study. Patients that choose to learn self-administration acupressure at home receive educational information and undergo self-administration acupressure sessions at least BID for seven days.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Age \>= 18 years and be diagnosed with cancer
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Undergoing systemic, antineoplastic therapy
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Ability to provide oral consent
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Willingness to undergo a nurse-led acupressure intervention
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Willingness and ability to complete pre- and post-intervention questionnaires in English
* NURSE-LED INTERVENTION: Report acute anxiety as a 5 or higher on a scale for 0 (no anxiety) to 10 (severe anxiety)
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Age \>= 18 years and be diagnosed with cancer
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Undergoing systemic, antineoplastic therapy
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Ability to provide oral consent
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Willingness to undergo a nurse-led acupressure intervention
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Willingness and ability to complete pre- and post-intervention questionnaires in English
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Report acute anxiety as a 5 or higher on a scale for 0 (no anxiety) to 10 (severe anxiety)
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Reports 2+/day anxiety episodes at home
* SELF-ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION: Interested in learning self-administered acupressure
Exclusion Criteria:
* Prior experiences with acupressure, or training in acupressure points
Study design
Enrollment target: 78 participants
Allocation: randomized
Masking: single
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2024-12-11
Estimated completion: 2028-12-31
Last updated: 2026-05-28
Interventions
Procedure: Acupressure TherapyProcedure: Acupressure Therapy - placeboProcedure: Acupressure Therapy - self-administeredOther: Health Promotion and EducationOther: Survey Administration
Primary outcomes
- • Change in acute anxiety (Up to 2 weeks)
Sponsor
Mayo Clinic · other
Contacts & investigators
ContactClinical Trials Referral Office · contact · mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu · 855-776-0015
ContactJennifer Manggaard · contact · Manggaard.Jennifer@mayo.edu · 507-255-7768
InvestigatorElizabeth Cathcart-Rake, MD · principal_investigator, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
All locations (1)
Mayo Clinic in RochesterRecruiting
Rochester, Minnesota, United States