Clinical research for whether the Traditional Chinese medicine could promote the resorption of lumbar disc herniation: a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- lumbar disc herniation
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR1900002269
- Lead Sponsor
- Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
(1) aged 20–60 years;
(2) = 40 mm pain intensity on the 100-mm pain visual analogue scale (VAS) for lower back pain;
(3) having low back pain due to LDH (MRI scan confirmed lumbar disk herniation in our hospital last 2 weeks) and ruling out other relevant on going pathologies such as fractures, lumbar spondylolisthesis, tumor, osteoporosis, or infection;
(4) willing to participate in this study and signing the informed consent.
(5) written consent to participate in two follow-up MRI (3 month and 6 month).
(1) red flag signs that may indicate cauda equina syndrome, such as bladder and bowel dysfunction or saddle anesthesia;
(2) experiencing a history of spinal surgery;
(3) having psychiatric disease;
(4) having serious chronic diseases that could interfere with the outcomes;
(5) pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study;
(6) having other diseases that the researchers believe is not suitable for the study;
(7) patients with MRI errors or low resolution.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Imaging Results;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 100-mm VAS for pain;Oswestry Disability Index;