Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic LBP, RCT, Single Blinded

Phase 3

• Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

• Registration Number: NCT00353847
• Lead Sponsor: Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is as follows:

1. pain : VAS

2. Function : Roland Disability Scale

3. Side effect

4. Validity

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2006-06
• Study Start: 2006-07
• Study First Submitted: 2006-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2006-07-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2006-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2006-11-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale, RDQ scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Global Assessment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wonkwang University Hospital; 🇰🇷 Gwangju, Korea, Republic of