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- Clinical Trial NCT02834702
Sinew Acupuncture for Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial
Sinew Acupuncture for Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: a Randomized Assessor-blind Sham-controlled Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Objectives:
Sinew acupuncture is a superficial needling technique with the advantage of minimal pain, feasible manipulation, and no apparent adverse effects. The proposal aims to examine the efficacy and safety of sinew acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).
Hypothesis to be tested:
Sinew acupuncture can reduce pain intensity, and improve neck pain disability and health-related quality of life without significant side effects for CMNP subjects compared to a sham acupuncture treatment.
Design:
A randomized, subject- and assessor-blind, sham acupuncture-controlled clinical trial
Participants:
Subjects (N=130) will be randomized into sinew acupuncture or sham acupuncture group (in 1:1 ratio).
Study instrument:
Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) and Short Form-36 (SF-36)
Intervention:
Sinew acupuncture group will receive five sessions of needling in two weeks. Sham group will receive the non-invasive treatment with the same procedures. All subjects are followed up for 4 weeks.
Main outcome measures:
VAS for neck pain intensity at week 3 serves as the primary outcome. VAS at other time points, NPQ score and SF-36 at week 1, 2, 3, and 6, and adverse events are analyzed as the secondary outcomes.
Data analysis:
Analysis will be on the 'intention to treat' principle. T-test and mixed-effect model analysis will be used to measure primary and secondary outcomes respectively.
Expected results:
Five sessions of sinew acupuncture treatment can significantly reduce neck pain intensity, and improve neck pain disability and quality of life without obvious side effects.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Haiyong Chen, PhD
- Phone Number: 39176413
- Email: haiyong@hku.hk
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- (1) aged 18 years or above; (2) able to read and write Chinese; (3) the pain is located between the neck and shoulder regions and movement or palpation of the cervical region provokes the symptoms (18); (4) the pain has persisted for more than 3 months; (5) VAS (0 to 100 mm) pain score is ≥30 mm at baseline assessment; (6) no treatments (Chinese medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, physiotherapies, medications, etc) intended for pain management have been received within the preceding two weeks.
Exclusion Criteria:
- (1) a history of fracture or surgery to the neck; (2) malignant tumor; (3) cervical congenital abnormality; (4) a severe psychiatric illness; (5) needle phobia; (6) acupuncture treatment in the preceding 3 months, and (7) other acupuncture contraindications as indicated in Hospital Authority Guideline on Safety in Acupuncture for Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Quality and Risk Sub-Committee, Hospital Authority, 2010).
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Sinew acupuncture
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The subject is asked to be on sitting posture.
The skin around the needling points is disinfected with a 75% alcohol swap.
A tube-guided, sterilized, disposal needle is then inserted (at a small angle to the skin) into the acupoint at 0.5-1 cun (depending on point location and body size of the subject).
No needle sensation (deqi sensation) is required.
A piece of surgical adhesive tape will be applied to the needle immediately after insertion.
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Sham Comparator: Sham acupuncture
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The procedure in the sham acupuncture group will be as similar to that of the acupuncture group as possible.
In the sham acupuncture group, however, a mock plastic needle guiding tube is tapped on the surface of each acupoint (Ashi point and traditional acupoints) to produce some discernible sensation.
A piece of adhesive tape is immediately applied to fix the needle on the dermal surface tapped, without needle insertion.
In addition, a plastic tube-guided needle is superficially inserted at the sham point at less than 5mm in depth.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: week 3
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VAS at week 3
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week 3
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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VAS
Time Frame: week 1, 2 & 6
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VAS at week 1, 2 & 6
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week 1, 2 & 6
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Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ)
Time Frame: week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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NPQ at week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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Short Form-36 (SF-36)
Time Frame: week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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SF-36 at week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Adverse events
Time Frame: week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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Adverse events at week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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week 1, 2, 3 & 6
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- UHongKong-UW 15-456
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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