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- Clinical Trial NCT06201520
The Effect of Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The Effect of Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-A 3-arm, Randomized Sham Laser Acupuncture Controlled Study
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed by neurophysiological examination
- symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome such as pain and numbness
- those who are willing to sign informed consent form for subjects
Exclusion Criteria:
- (1) Those who have not signed the informed consent
- (2) Patients diagnosed with severe carpal tunnel syndrome
- (3) Those who have had a history of surgery on their hands and palms
- (4) Space-occupying lesions such as tumors, bone spurs, synovial membrane tissue hypertrophy, etc.
- (5) People with a history of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and hypothyroidism (HbA1c>6.5, RF positive, Free T4, TSH in abnormal range)
- (6) Patients with end-stage renal disease
- (7) Pregnant and alcoholic patients
- (8) Polyneuropathy patients
- (9) Clinical symptoms with C6~8 cervical radiculopathy
- (10) Those who are obviously infected
- (11) Those with a serious illness requiring hospitalization
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: MA group (manual acupuncture group)
Acupunctue Needle: 1 inch- 32 gauge(0.3x25
mm)for 20 min after De-qi Acupoints selection: PC4[Ximen], PC6[Neiguan], PC7[Daling], PC8[Laogong], HT2[Qingling], HT7[Shenmen], HT8[Shaofu], LU9[Taiyuan], LI11[Quchi]
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manual acupuncture
wear wrist splint at night
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Experimental: LA group (laser acupuncture group)
laser acupuncture gruoup with LaserPen, 150 mW; wavelength, 810nm; area of probe, 0.03cm2; power density, 5W/cm2; pulsed wave; Nogier C frequency for 4 J each points The acupoints selection is the same as the MA group.
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wear wrist splint at night
laser acupuncture therapy
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Sham Comparator: SLA group (sham laser acupuncture group)
sham laser acupuncture group is designed with the same acupoints selection and no energy output
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wear wrist splint at night
sham laser acupuncture
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire(BCTQ) changes
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire(BCTQ) is a questionnaire for CTS patients, which has been used widely in the world.
It contains two parts.
One part is the symptom severity scale (BCTQsss) which contains eleven questions about symptom severity, and another part is the function severity scale (BCTQfss) contains eight questions about functional status evaluation.
Each selection option includes 1~5 to present different degrees of severity ("5" is the most severe).
The max of BCTQsss is 55 and the min is 11.
The max of BCTQfss is 40 and the min is 8.
The higher scores mean a worse outcome.
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from baseline to 3 months
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Global symptoms score(GSS) changes
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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GSS is a questionnaire to evaluate the severity of five symptoms, including pain, numbness, paresthesias, weakness/ clumsy, and nocturnal awakening for CTS patients. The score of pain, numbness, and paresthesias according to the magnitude: from 0 (nil) to 10 (most severe). The score for weakness/ clumsiness is according to the severity: 0 (none); 2(mild); 3(moderate); 4(severe); 5(very severe). The score for nocturnal awakening is according to how many times awaked in one week: 0(never); 2(once or twice); 4(three or four times); 6(five to seven times); 8(eight to ten times); 10(more than ten times). The total score added up forms the GSS score. The minimum score is 0, and the maximum score is 50. The higher scores mean a worse outcome. |
from baseline to 3 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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compound motor action potential(CMAP)
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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Nerve Electrophysiological examination of median nerve.The neurophysiological study of the median nerve will be recorded and compared before and after 15 sessions of treatments including compound motor action potential(CMAP). The unit of CMAP is millivolt (mV). |
from baseline to 3 months
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motor distal latency(MDL)
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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Nerve Electrophysiological examination of median nerve. The neurophysiological study of the median nerve will be recorded and compared before and after 15 sessions of treatments including motor distal latency(MDL). The unit of motor distal latency is millisecond (ms). |
from baseline to 3 months
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Sensory nerve action potential (SNAP)
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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Nerve Electrophysiological examination of median nerve. The neurophysiological study of the median nerve will be recorded and compared before and after 15 sessions of treatments including Sensory nerve action potential (SNAP). The unit of SNAP is also millivolt (mV). |
from baseline to 3 months
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sensory distal latency(SDL)
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 months
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Nerve Electrophysiological examination of median nerve. The neurophysiological study of the median nerve will be recorded and compared before and after 15 sessions of treatments including sensory distal latency(SDL). The unit of sensory distal latency is also millisecond (ms). |
from baseline to 3 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Huang, Chang Gung memorial hospital
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Maeda Y, Kim H, Kettner N, Kim J, Cina S, Malatesta C, Gerber J, McManus C, Ong-Sutherland R, Mezzacappa P, Libby A, Mawla I, Morse LR, Kaptchuk TJ, Audette J, Napadow V. Rewiring the primary somatosensory cortex in carpal tunnel syndrome with acupuncture. Brain. 2017 Apr 1;140(4):914-927. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx015.
- Hadianfard M, Bazrafshan E, Momeninejad H, Jahani N. Efficacies of Acupuncture and Anti-inflammatory Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2015 Oct;8(5):229-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2014.11.005. Epub 2014 Nov 29.
- Chen CC, Wu YT, Su YC, Shen YP, Chen FP. Efficacy of laser acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome: A study protocol for a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jul;98(30):e16516. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016516.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimated)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 201901768A3
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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