NCT07875777Not yet recruiting
Self-administered Acupressure in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Acupressure in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupressure analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 300 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2027
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2032
- Lead sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
- Diseases
- Sickle cell disease
- NCT number
- NCT07875777
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 300
- From 1 Oct 2027 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2032
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Presence of a concurrent autoimmune or inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel disease, etc. that causes pain or any other chronic pain condition with pain greater than sickle pain
Other illness
- Diseases/conditions history includes but not limited to:
- Head injury with substantial loss of consciousness Known non-SCD-related severe psychiatric illnesses (e.g. current schizophrenia, major depression with suicidal ideation) Significant visual, motor, or auditory impairment that would interfere with ability to perform study visits-related activities
Other
- Recent/ongoing alternative pain management with acupuncture/acupressure or acupuncture/acupressure-related techniques within the last 6 months
Who the study is looking for
- Any gender
- 18-80 (Adults) years old
- Have been diagnosed with SCD and experiencing chronic pain in the past 6 months
- Either outpatient or inpatient or status changing between each other
- Willing to limit the current and the introduction of any new medications or treatment modalities for control of pain symptoms during the study visits
- Willing to stick to the scheduled acupressure treatments every other day for 5 weeks
- Fluent in English and capable of giving written informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cincinnati Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California, Irvine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Unknown status |
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