Clinical trialPhase 2Active not recruiting
Integrative Medicine for Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer Trial (IMPACT)
- Outcome
- Ongoing
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Active not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Start
- 17 September 2019
- Expected end
- September 2027
- Enrollment
- 300 participants
- Sites
- 8
- Primary outcomes
- Worst Pain
- Sponsor type
- Academic / other
- Results posted
- No
- Last update
- 14 October 2026
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Brief summary public domain (ClinicalTrials.gov)
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.
Papers 3
- Registry-listed results paperAcupuncture vs Massage for Pain in Patients Living With Advanced Cancer: The IMPACT Randomized Clinical Trial. DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42482↗
- Builds on itAssociation between Hispanic Ethnicity and Greater Expectation of Benefit from Acupuncture or Massage for Pain in Cance… DOI 10.1007/s10903-024-01611-8↗
- Builds on itAcupuncture versus massage for pain in patients living with advanced cancer: a protocol for the IMPACT randomised clini… DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058281↗
The registry lists these as results papers; in a hand check of 27 such links about 78% reported the trial’s results, so read the paper before treating it as the outcome.