Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of Chiropractic on Chronic Cancer-related Fatigue
The Effects of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care in Adult Cancer Survivors With Chronic Cancer-related Fatigue: a Feasibility Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Budget constraints
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The primary aims of the proposed trial are centered around examining the feasibility of conducting a prospective, chiropractic intervention study on a population of cancer survivors living in and around Atlanta, Georgia. This includes evaluating various implementation outcomes including recruitment, adherence, tolerability, retention, acceptability, and data fidelity. The results of this trial will inform the design of a future randomized controlled trial (RCT) that has an increased focus on the efficacy/effectiveness of chiropractic care on chronic cancer-related fatigue (CCRF) and other cancer-related sequelae in cancer survivors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Chiropractic intervention
- description
- Upper cervical chiropractic care
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Chiropractic care
Primary outcomes (9)
- measure
- Participant recruitment
- timeFrame
- 6-month data collection period
- description
- Average number of participants recruited/enrolled per month
- measure
- Participant scheduling
- timeFrame
- 6-month data collection period
- description
- Average time lag between first lab assessment \& first chiropractic visit
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Able to understand and provide written informed consent in English * 18-65 years of age * Informed by primary health care provider that there is no evidence of active disease (this is sometimes referred to as "complete remission" or "cured") * Minimum of 3 months since completion of primary curative-intent cancer therapies including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or immunotherapy (long-term hormonal therapy permitted) * Onset of fatigue occurred at some point during illness and/or treatment * FACIT-Fatigue scale score in the moderate-to-severe range (i.e., at or above the 60th percentile) * If on any prescription medication (including hormonal therapy), on a stable dose for a minimum of 12 weeks with no plans to change medications or doses during the study Exclusion Criteria: * Taking any short-acting benzodiazepine including midazolam \& triazolam * Known disorder resulting in syncope/fainting during postural changes (e.g., postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, orthostatic hypotension) * Pacemaker or known heart condition that influences the electrical or mechanical function of the heart (e.g., severe heart valve disease) * Diagnosed with an externalizing (e.g., substance use, antisocial disorder) or thought (e.g., schizophrenia, paranoid personality, bipolar) disorder that is uncontrolled or untreated * Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, or cervical spine instability * Currently pregnant * Current litigation related to a physical, health-related injury * Chronic pain rated at least 3/10 on a visual analog scale (VAS)
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