The Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain

NCT ID: NCT01205958

Last Updated: 2010-09-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-12-31

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of East-West collaborative medicine on chronic cervical pain.

Detailed Description

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Design: This is a randomized, controlled study.

Participants: 45 participants with chronic cervical pain are recruited and randomly assigned to three groups.

Intervention: Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Conditions

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Chronic Neck Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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medication(Zaltoprofen)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Acupuncture

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Zalprofen plus Acupuncture

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Interventions

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acupuncture

Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Zaltoprofen

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- presence of Chronic neck pain

Exclusion Criteria

* Cancer
* Spinal infection
* ankylosing spondylosis
* myelopathy
* moderate hypertension or more
* serious mental disease
* other skeletomuscular disease
* history of operation or acupuncture treatment about spinal disease
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Kyunghee University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University

Principal Investigators

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Jun-Hwan Lee, OMD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine/College of Oriental Medicine/Kyung Hee University

Locations

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Kyunghee University East West Neo Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Yu-Jeong Cho, OMD

Role: CONTACT

+82-2-440-7575

Facility Contacts

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JaeHeung Cho, OMD

Role: primary

+82-2-440-7581

References

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Cho JH, Nam DH, Kim KT, Lee JH. Acupuncture with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) versus acupuncture or NSAIDs alone for the treatment of chronic neck pain: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled pilot study. Acupunct Med. 2014 Feb;32(1):17-23. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010410. Epub 2013 Oct 30.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24171895 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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KHU 20091458

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id