Clinical trial · Interventional
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Oncology Patients' Management
Pain and Quality of Life Management in Oncology Geriatric Patients With Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: a Pilot Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of present study was to study the osteopathic manipulative effects on pain relief and quality of life improvement on hospitalized oncology geriatric patients. A non-randomized comparison trial was performed in Unit of Oncology Rehabilitation, Palazzolo Institute, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Milan, Italy, from September 2015 to March 2016. 23 older oncology patients were unrolled and allocated in two experimental groups: study group (OMT group, N=12) underwent to osteopathic manipulative treatment associated to physiotherapy and control group (PT group, N = 11) underwent only physiotherapy. At enrollment (T0), 23 recruited oncology patients completed the socio-demographic forms and were evaluated, from external examiner, pain intensity and quality of life. All patients were revaluated at the end of treatment (T4) for quality of life and every week (T1, T2, T3 and T4) for pain intensity. Standard level of significance was p\<0.05.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geriatric Oncology | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Osteopathy in Other Diseases Classified Elsewhere | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osteopathic manipulative treatment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Physiotherapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- OMT group
- description
- Osteopathic manipulative treatment
- interventionNames
- Other: Osteopathic manipulative treatment
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Physiotherapy
- interventionNames
- Other: Physiotherapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pain
- timeFrame
- Once a week for a total 4 weeks
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 65 Years
- Maximum age
- 85 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * oncology patients * male and female * age≥65 years * with a clinical prognosis of 6-24 months * diagnosis of multifactorial hyperkinetic syndrome (i.e. metastatic surgery) * pain intensity score higher than 3, measured with Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) Exclusion Criteria: * patients were receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment at the time of the study * with mental disorders (MMSE\<10) * the presence of infection * anticoagulation therapy * cardiopulmonary disease * clinical instability post-surgery.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDArienti C, Bosisio T, Ratti S, Miglioli R, Negrini S. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Effect on Pain Relief and Quality of Life in Oncology Geriatric Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Integr Cancer Ther. 2018 Dec;17(4):1163-1171. doi: 10.1177/1534735418796954. Epub 2018 Aug 31. PMID 30168356