Clinical trial · Interventional
Integrating Auricular Point Acupressure Into Real-world Nursing Practice to Manage Cancer-related Pain
NCT04040140CI-TRIAL-00053276terminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Due to Covid 19.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupressure | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cancer-related Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| APA Treatment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- APA Treatment
- description
- Oncology patients with a pain rating of four or greater will receive APA treatment for patients' cancer-related pain. The ear points will be determined by the corresponding body points related to the patient's specific pain. Pain data will be tracked by electronic surveys and Electronic Health Records.
- interventionNames
- Other: APA Treatment
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Change in Pain Intensity as assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) short form
- timeFrame
- Baseline (pre-treatment), APA Intervention (one session, 1 day), Follow-up (3 consecutive days after treatment, starting the first day treatment is given).
- description
- Pain intensity in the last 24 hours (1) at its worst and (2) on average will both be measured on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine).
- measure
- Change in Pain Interference as assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) short form
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * Is delirious * Has ear skin disease * Non-English speaker * Has latex allergy to the tape used for this study * Women who are pregnant
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDVan de Castle B, Lukkahatai N, Billing BL, Huang X, Wu H, Zhang J, Abdi S, Kameoka J, Smith TJ. Nurse-Administered Auricular Point Acupressure for Cancer-Related Pain. Integr Cancer Ther. 2023 Jan-Dec;22:15347354231198086. doi: 10.1177/15347354231198086. PMID 37706457