Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic LBP, RCT, Single Blinded

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of chronic LBP.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is as follows:

1. pain : VAS
2. Function : Roland Disability Scale
3. Side effect
4. Validity

Conditions

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Chronic Low Back Pain

Keywords

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acupuncture, RCTs, chronic LBP

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Interventions

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Acupuncture

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Having chronic, non-specific, LBP of at least 3 months' duration over 20 years old.
* Back pain must be the chief complaint
* Having normal neurological test
* Having signature voluntarily an IRB-approved consent form at enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

* Potential spinal disease (e.g. a spinal tumor, infection or fracture etc)
* Other diseases (e.g. bleeding disease, dementia,epilepsy, neurogenic disorder etc)
* Planned or got lumbar surgery
* The prior use of acupuncture within the past 6 months
* Inflammatory arthritis
* The current use of systematic corticosteroids, narcotics, anticoagulants, muscle relaxants
* The involvement in legal problem related to LBP
* Refusal to be randomized

Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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Youngdal Kwon, MD, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Professor of College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University

Locations

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Wonkwang University Hospital

Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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KYD-06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id