Wet Cupping Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Conditions
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Interventions
- Procedure: wet cupping therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT05792358
- Lead Sponsor
- Karabuk University
- Brief Summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of wet cupping therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Wet cupping therapy will be applied to half of the patients plus routine pharmaceutical treatment while the other half will receive only pharmaceutics
- Detailed Description
In addition to the medical treatment, WCT will be applied once a month, 3 times (Day 0, 30, 60) to the intervention group whereas the control group will not receive any intervention. The BASFI, BASDAI, VAS and Schober test will be applied to both groups at 0 and 3 months.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Clinical diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis 18-65 years of age Consent to participate
Any ongoing medical treatment other than NSAIDs Pregnancy At least one contraindication to WCT that was detected in subject's history or in the routine blood examinations prior to enrollment (Hgb <9.5; INR> 1.2; history of hemophobia, bleeding disorder, malignant disorder).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Wet cupping arm wet cupping therapy This arm is the interventiom group and will receive three consecutive sessions of wet cupping therapy once a month.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS At 0 and 3 months Change in the scores of Visual Analogue Scale
BASFI At 0 and 3 months Change in the scores of The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
BASDAI At 0 and 3 months Change in the scores of The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Schober At 0 and 3 months Change in the scores of Modified Schober Test
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Karabuk University
🇹🇷Karabuk, Turkey