Recruiting

OMT

Sponsor:

Geisinger Clinic

Code:

NCT06495021

Conditions

Pneumonia

Sinusitis

Bronchitis

Respiratory Disease

Respiratory Tract Infections

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Lymphatic Pump Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is to see Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy, or OMT, can aid in treating patients being seen for respiratory illness and associated symptoms. The hypothesis is that the addition of OMT therapy, alongside other standard care (such as a medication), can help lessen patient symptoms sooner than just other treatment alone, and the duration of the condition will shorten as well.

Conditions

Pneumonia

Sinusitis

Bronchitis

Respiratory Disease

Respiratory Tract Infections

Study ID

NCT06495021

Start date

Dec 31, 2024

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

May 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients being seen for respiratory illness symptoms at Geisinger 65-Forward Buckhorn, PA clinic for care.
  • Patients age of 65-100
  • New diagnosis of upper respiratory illness, sinusitis, bronchitis, or pneumonia during outpatient visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients that have a healing fracture, including the spine, pelvis, shoulder, ribs, vertebrae, or extremities.
  • Patients actively receiving any type of cancer treatment
  • Patients with active or previously diagnosed liver disease.

Study Design

Enrollment

68 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Control

Patients in the control group will receive normal standard care, including any prescriptions, follow-up instructions, etc., as given by the provider to help treat their condition.

experimental: Treatment

Patients will receive lymphatic pump OMT therapy in addition to other standard care (similar to the control patients, this would be a medication, follow-up instructions, etc.)

Interventions

Lymphatic Pump Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy

OMT is a series of manual pressure and physical stimulation among various parts of the body to stimulate fluid movement and immune response in patients with various symptoms and disease. This may help with conditions such as edema, clearance of infections, facilitate healing and circulation, and bolster the immune response. Specifically, the lymphatic pump type of OMT targets the head, neck, thoracic region, lumbar and sacral regions, pelvis, arms, legs, and abdomen.

Primary outcome measure

  • To address the magnitude in which lymphatic pump OMT improves respiratory illness symptom severity and overall sickness duration when combined with standard care treatment. [ Time Frame: Through study completion of up to one year. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Margaret Moore, DO

(570) 416-5435Mmoore9@geisinger.edu

Andrew Ackerman, MS

(570) 214-4215aackerman1@geisinger.edu

Locations

Geisinger 65-Forward, Buckhorn

Recruiting

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17815

Contacts

Margaret Moore, DO

570-416-5435Mmoore9@geisinger.edu

Principal Investigator:

Margaret Moore, DO

More Information

Sponsor

Geisinger Clinic

Last update posted

Aug 11, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Osteopathic Manual Therapy
  • Respiratory Illness
  • OMT

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Geisinger Clinic on 2026-08-11.