Acupuncture and Acupressure in Treating Patients With Moderate or Severe Pain Related to Stage III or Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pain, Pancreatic Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Acupuncture and acupressure may help relieve moderate or severe pain associated with stage III or stage IV pancreatic cancer. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of acupuncture and accupressure in treating patients who have moderate or severe pain associated with stage III or stage IV pancreatic cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00040833

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Starts

2002-02-01

Expected to finish

2003-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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