Integrative Medicine for Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer Trial (IMPACT)

Running, not enrolling · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Cancer Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare the long-term effectiveness of acupuncture versus massage in people living with advanced cancer. The study will test how the two approaches compare in helping people with pain and its related symptoms and improving quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04095234

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

300

Starts

2019-09-17

Expected to finish

2026-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years or older
• Having a diagnosis of the following: stage III or IV lung cancer; any stage pancreatic cancer; unresectable cholangiocarcinoma; unresectable liver cancer; unresectable ampullary or peri-ampullary cancer or other stage IV gastrointestinal cancer; stage III or IV ovarian or fallopian tube cancers or other stage IV gynecologic cancer; stage IV breast cancer; stage III testicular cancer; stage IV genitourinary cancer; stage III or IV sarcoma; stage IV melanoma; stage III or IV head/neck cancer; stage IV endocrine cancer; or hematological malignancies (lymphoma, myeloma, and leukemia)
• Be ambulatory (Karnofsky functional score of ≥ 60)
• Having musculoskeletal pain, defined as regional (joints, extremities, back, neck) or more generalized (fibromyalgia or chronic widespread pain); Patients with a neuropathic component to their pain that involves the extremities or back will be eligible.
• Having musculoskeletal pain for at least 1 month
• Having had pain for at least 15 days in the preceding 30 days
• Having a pain rating of 4 or greater in worst pain on a 0-10 numerical rating scale in the preceding week
• Having an expected prognosis of greater than six months as judged by the treating oncologist or study physician

You may not qualify if…

• Having a platelet count <15,000
• Cognitive impairment precluding response to study assessments
• Unwilling to accept random assignment
• Unwilling to commit to the 26-week study time period
• Have non-musculoskeletal pain syndromes (headache, facial pain, chest pain, visceral abdominal pain) if these are the sole source of pain but can be present as co-morbid conditions as long as a patient has a primary musculoskeletal pain condition defined as above.

Where it is running

• Baptist Alliance MCI — Miami, Florida, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities) — Montvale, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All Protocol Activities) — Commack, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities) — Harrison, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities) — Uniondale, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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