# Trial Outcomes for Massage: Caregiver-Assisted vs. Therapist-Treated

> **NCT03100539** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 395 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Neck Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Pain
- Arthritis
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Therapist treated massage
- **OTHER:** Care ally assisted massage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03100539
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-05-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-02-28
- **Final completion:** 2023-02-28
- **Target enrollment:** 395 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03100539

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03100539, "Trial Outcomes for Massage: Caregiver-Assisted vs. Therapist-Treated". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03100539. Licensed CC0.

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