Magnetic Acupressure in Reducing Pain in Cancer Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer, Pain
In brief
RATIONALE: Acupressure may help relieve pain in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. It is not yet known whether magnetic acupressure is more effective than sham acupressure in reducing pain in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying magnetic acupressure to see how well it works compared with sham acupressure in reducing pain in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00670917
- Run by
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- People needed
- 83
- Starts
- 2008-05-07
- Expected to finish
- 2010-01-19
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-06-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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