Acupuncture along affected meridians for sciatica: a multicenter randomized controlled pilot trial
- Conditions
- Sciatica
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000003104
- Lead Sponsor
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Patients aged between 18 to 70 years.
2. Patients whose symptoms of sciatica consist for 1 month or more.
3. The intensity of leg pain valued by visual analogue scale(VAS) for 40 mm or more.
4. Patients are willing and able to provide written informed consent.
1. Patients who have or are suspected to have severe spinal disease (e.g., cauda equina syndrome) or severe progressive neurological symptoms (e.g., progressive muscle weakness).
2. Patients with sciatica caused by conditions other than lumbar disc herniation.
3. Patients who underwent surgery for lumbar disc herniation within the past 6 months.
4. Patients who plan to have a spinal surgery or other interventional treatments (e.g., epidural steroid injection) during the first 4 weeks of the trial.
5. Patients with cardiovascular, liver, kidney, or hematopoietic system diseases, mental health disorders, or other severe coexisting diseases (e.g., cancer).
6. Patients continually taking antiepileptic medication, antidepressant medication, opioids or corticosteroids
7. Patients who are pregnant, breast-feeding or planning to conceive during the trial.
8. Patients who have received acupuncture therapy within the past 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of leg pain intensity from baseline;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blinding assessment;Adverse event rate;Drug using;Oswestry Disability Index (ODI);Credibility assessment;Bake pain intensity;Sciatica Frequency and Bothersomeness Index;painDETECT quastionnaire;Global perceived recovery;Leg pain intensity;Short Form Health Survey 36;Angle of the straight leg raise test;