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After completing two hospital training sessions, the participants will perform acupressure every day for eight consecutive weeks in their daily activities following an evidence-based acupressure protocol, which will be developed based on the Chinese meridian theory, expert consensus and a comprehensive literature review of previous evidence on LC cough management. In the first week, two training sessions will be conducted to ensure the competency of the participants in performing acupressure. Afterwards, participants will be instructed to press each of the 15 designated acupoints until they experience sensations of soreness, numbness or distension, for 1 minute per time, at least two prescribed times daily (once between 9-11 am and once between 5-7 pm), and additionally during cough episodes, wherever they feel appropriate.",[13],"Behavioral: acupressure",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Education","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Participants will receive an educational booklet that includes information on the disease and treatments of LC, causes and consequences of cough, and advice on cough prevention and management.",[19],"Other: Education",[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"BEHAVIORAL","acupressure","Participants will perform acupressure for 8 weeks and keep practice records in a diary log. 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Upon study completion, they will be offered a place on a waitlist for the same acupressure intervention provided to the experimental group.",[15],[31],{"name":32,"affiliation":5,"role":33},"Denise Shuk Ting Cheung, PhD","STUDY_DIRECTOR",[35],{"name":36,"role":37,"phone":38,"phoneExt":26,"email":39},"Mengyao Cao","CONTACT","+852-96733602","u3590805@connect.hku.hk",[41,62],{"facility":42,"status":43,"city":44,"state":45,"zip":46,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":49,"geoPoint":54,"contacts":55},"University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital","RECRUITING","Shenzhen","Guangdong","0755","China","CN",{"type":50,"coordinates":51},"Point",[52,53],114.0683,22.54554,{"lat":53,"lon":52},[56,60],{"name":57,"role":37,"phone":58,"phoneExt":26,"email":59},"Xian Chen","+86 13728867748","chenx1@hku-szh.org",{"name":57,"role":61,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":26},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",{"facility":63,"status":64,"city":65,"state":26,"zip":66,"country":65,"countryCode":67,"cosmosGeoPoint":68,"geoPoint":72,"contacts":73},"Queen Mary Hospital","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","Hong Kong","0000","HK",{"type":50,"coordinates":69},[70,71],114.17469,22.27832,{"lat":71,"lon":70},[74,75,76],{"name":36,"role":37,"phone":38,"phoneExt":26,"email":39},{"name":26,"role":37,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":39},{"name":36,"role":61,"phone":26,"phoneExt":26,"email":26},{"type":61,"investigatorFullName":78,"investigatorTitle":79,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"Cheung Shuk-Ting","Assistant Professor",[81,83],{"name":82,"class":6},"The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital",{"name":84,"class":6},"Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong","100617211","acupressure-for-cough-in-lung-cancer-survivors-100617211",false,"NCT07315672","Acupressure for Cough in Lung Cancer Survivors","Acupressure for Cough in Lung Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* be at least 18 years of age;\n* have a diagnosis of LC at any stage and of any pathological type;\n* have a cough symptom rating ≥3 on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale within 7 days preceding enrollment;\n* can perform acupressure independently in daily activities;\n* be able to read Chinese and communicate in Cantonese or Mandarin;\n* be able to provide informed consent.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* have unstable chronic diseases other than LC;\n* have received acupressure or acupuncture within the three months preceding study enrollment;\n* have serious illnesses or other conditions that prevent the participants from following the intervention protocols;\n* have a life expectancy of less than 3 months;\n* Be currently participating in other research programs that may affect the outcomes under investigation.","ALL","18 Years",{"count":95,"type":96},80,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[99],"NA","The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine the effect of an acupressure intervention in alleviating cough and reducing co-occurring symptoms (dyspnea, cough, and fatigue) in patients with lung cancer.\n\nThe hypotheses are:\n\n1. Acupressure can alleviate cough in lung cancer survivors;\n2. Acupressure can reduce a cough-related symptom cluster (dyspnea-cough-fatigue) experienced by lung cancer survivors;\n3. Acupressure can reduce the symptom burden and improve the health-related quality of life and functional capacity of lung cancer survivors experiencing cough.\n\nParticipants will:\n\nReceive acupressure for 8 weeks or receive an education booklet; Keep a diary of their acupressure practice and symptoms; Be assessed at baseline (T0), early intervention (T1), post-intervention (T2), and 8 weeks after the intervention period (T3).",[102,9,103,104],"Lung Cancer (Diagnosis)","Coughing","Symptom Cluster",[9,106,107,108,104,109,110,111],"Cough","Lung Cancer","Dyspnea","Symptom Burden","Fatigue","Quality of Life","2026-05-20",{"date":114,"type":115},"2026-05-22","ACTUAL",{"date":117,"type":115},"2026-03-09",{"date":119,"type":96},"2027-02",{"name":5,"class":6},2]