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NCT01205958
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Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain: a Pilot Study

Kyunghee University Medical Center1 site in 1 country45 target enrollmentDecember 2009
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ConditionsChronic Neck Pain

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Neck Pain
Sponsor
Kyunghee University Medical Center
Enrollment
45
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Pain Scores on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)
Last Updated
15 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSitesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2009
End Date
February 2011
Last Updated
15 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •presence of Chronic neck pain

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Spinal infection
  • •ankylosing spondylosis
  • •myelopathy
  • •moderate hypertension or more
  • •serious mental disease
  • •other skeletomuscular disease
  • •history of operation or acupuncture treatment about spinal disease

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Scores on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)

Time Frame: 7 week

Secondary Outcomes

  • Neck disability index(7 week)
  • Beck depression inventory(7 week)
  • SF-36(7 week)
  • EQ-5D(EuroQol-5 dimension)(7 week)

Study Sites (1)

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