Lymphatic Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine to Enhance Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Efficacy

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to study the impact of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) treatments, such as lymphatic myofascial release and thoracic pump techniques severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) antibody levels in patients who receive the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine and to consider if these OMM strategies allow a stronger more robust immune response.

Condition

  • COVID-19

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria will include age greater than 18 years old and having safely received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria will include age under 18 years old, malignancy/cancer, ongoing infection, coagulopathy history, use of anticoagulant medications, and fracture or acute injury of the torso neck or upper extremities. Lymphatic OMM is safe during pregnancy and this does not need to be an exclusion criteria.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
Single (Participant)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Lymphatic OMM plus Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine regimen
Patients receive OMM treatments that will include thoracic inlet and outlet myofascial release, pectoral traction myofascial release, and Miller Thoracic Lymphatic Pump technique plus the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine regimen.
  • Other: Lymphatic OMM
    Patients receive lymphatic myofascial release and thoracic pump techniques.
Sham Comparator
Light Touch plus Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine regimen
Patients receive a series of light touch techniques plus the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine regimen.
  • Other: Light Touch
    Patients receive a series of light touch techniques.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT05069636
Status
Withdrawn
Sponsor
Rowan University