# Massage Therapy for Self-efficacy in LVAD Recipients

> **NCT04018508** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Medstar Health Research Institute** · enrollment: 5 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Failure

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Massage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04018508
- **Lead sponsor:** Medstar Health Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2021-09-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-15
- **Final completion:** 2022-03-15
- **Target enrollment:** 5 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** COVID19 pandemic closed in-person clinics; LVAD surgeon left institution, stopping LVAD implants
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04018508

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04018508, "Massage Therapy for Self-efficacy in LVAD Recipients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04018508. Licensed CC0.

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