Integrating Auricular Point Acupressure Into Real-world Nursing Practice to Manage Cancer-related Pain

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Conditions studied: Cancer-related Pain, Acupressure

In brief

The aims of this proposal are to (1) examine the feasibility of providing a training course of Auricular Point Acupressure (APA) for clinical oncology nurses who can integrate APA into real-world nursing care settings and (2) examine the effectiveness of APA on cancer-related pain (CRP) under the usual conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04040140

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

31

Starts

2019-10-08

Expected to finish

2021-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cancer patients with worst pain rated as 4 or more on a 0-10 numeric rating scale in the last 24 hours, which will use the EPIC pain scale
• Able to read and write English
• Able to apply pressure to the seeds taped to the ears. Patients with any cancer type will be eligible for this study so long as the patients are experiencing cancer-related pain
• Owns a smartphone

You may not qualify if…

• Is delirious
• Has ear skin disease
• Non-English speaker
• Has latex allergy to the tape used for this study
• Women who are pregnant

Where it is running

• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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