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- Ensayo clínico NCT01570127
Efficacy and Safety Study of Individualized and Standardized Acupuncture Treatment for Low Back Pain
Clinical Trial to Evaluate and Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Individualized and Standardized Acupuncture for Low Back Pain Patients: Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Study
Descripción general del estudio
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Descripción detallada
To determine whether individualized acupuncture is more effective than standardized acupuncture, 276 Low Back Pain patients will be recruited and randomly assigned to 4 separate groups.
Experimental groups(Individualized Acupuncture Group and Standardized Acupuncture Group) and Control groups (Sham acupuncture and waiting list)
The change of pain and physical functions will be compared among the four groups.
So the efficacy of acupuncture, and the best acupuncture treatment model will be determined. Also in addition, safety and abnormal reactions of acupuncture treatments will be evaluated.
Tipo de estudio
Inscripción (Anticipado)
Fase
- Fase 2
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Seoul, Corea, república de, 130-872
- Reclutamiento
- Kyung Hee University Oriental Medicine Hospital
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Contacto:
- Dongwoo Nam, Ph.D
- Número de teléfono: +82-2-958-1827
- Correo electrónico: hanisanam@hanmail.net
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Sub-Investigador:
- Dongwoo Nam, Ph.D
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Niño
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female patients suffering Low Back Pain.
- Patients classified as Class 1(pain in the lumbar area, without radiation below the gluteal fold and in the absence of neurologic signs) or Class 2(Low back pain with radiation of pain not beyond the knee, no neurological signs) according to the Quebec Task Force System
- Suffering pain which is more than 40mm on VAS(Visual Analog Scale)
- Voluntary participants who have completed the consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Low back trauma history within 6 months.
- Low back surgery history within 6 months.
- Low back pain caused by malignancy, inflammatory disease, fibromyalgia, vertebral fracture, infection, juvenile scoliosis or congenital malformation.
- Pain in other parts of the body more severe than low back pain.
- Mental problems that can influence the pain or results of questionnaire.
- Diseases that can interfere absorption, metabolism and excretion of medicine.
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within 12 months of the study.
- Pregnant, breastfeeding or childbearing aged women who are not using any birth control methods.
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Triple
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: Individualized Acupuncture
The patients in this group received individualized acupuncture prescribed by a certified Korean Medicine Doctor with more than 6 years of oriental medicine college education and 2 years of clinical experience.
The acupuncture formulas were composed based on the pattern diagnosis, which is an unique diagnosis system of Oriental Medicine.
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El tratamiento se aplicó dos veces por semana durante 20 minutos durante 6 semanas (12 sesiones)
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Experimental: Acupuntura estandarizada
Los pacientes de este grupo recibieron un tratamiento de acupuntura estandarizado usando los mismos puntos de acupuntura, aplicados por un doctor en medicina coreano certificado con más de 6 años de educación universitaria en medicina oriental y 2 años de experiencia clínica.
Las fórmulas de acupuntura se compusieron en base a la revisión de la literatura de los ECA.
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The treatment was applied twice a week for 20 minutes for 6 weeks(12sessions) 8 Acupuncture points, GV4, GV3, BL24(bilateral), BL25(bilateral) and GB30(bilateral) were used for all the patients assigned to this group.
Sterile Stainless Steel(25mm x 40mm) disposable acupuncture needles manufactured by Dong-Bang Acupuncture Co.(Korea) were used.
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Comparador falso: Acupuntura simulada
Se aplicó a los pacientes un dispositivo de acupuntura no penetrante, acupuntura Park-sham.
La apariencia de la acupuntura es la misma pero las agujas no penetran en la piel.
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The treatment was applied twice a week for 6 weeks(12sessions).
The sham acupuncture was applied on the 8 same acupuncture points as in the standardized acupuncture group, GV4, GV3, BL24(bilateral), BL25(bilateral) and GB30(bilateral).
Each session was 20 minutes long.
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Sin intervención: Espera
No se aplicaron intervenciones a los pacientes de este grupo.
Sólo se realizaron valoraciones en cada visita.
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No se aplicaron intervenciones a los pacientes de este grupo.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
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The change of 100mm pain Visual Analog Scale(VAS) after 6 weeks of treatment.
Periodo de tiempo: at baseline and after 6 weeks of treatment.
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Visual analog scale (VAS) is a tool used to measure pain.
The patient is asked to indicate their perceived pain intensity along a 100 mm horizontal line, where '0' represents 'no pain' and '100', 'unbearable pain'.
The change of pain will be reported by comparing the mean VAS before treatment and after the 6 week trearment period.
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at baseline and after 6 weeks of treatment.
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
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Roland - Morris Disability Questionnaire
Periodo de tiempo: at 2nd(baseline), 8th(after 4 weeks of treatment), 13th(end of study) and 14th(follow up) visit
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Roland - Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) is scored by adding up the number of items checked by the patients, among the 24 items concerning various disablilities caused by low back pain.
The score can therefore vary from 0 to 24.
Higher the scores represent worse disabilities.
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at 2nd(baseline), 8th(after 4 weeks of treatment), 13th(end of study) and 14th(follow up) visit
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SF-36
Periodo de tiempo: at 2nd(baseline), 8th(after 4 weeks of treatment), 13th(end of study) and 14th(follow up) visit
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The 36 questions yields an 8-scale health profile.
It is useful in monitoring the change in health related quality of life.
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at 2nd(baseline), 8th(after 4 weeks of treatment), 13th(end of study) and 14th(follow up) visit
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Adverse Events
Periodo de tiempo: at 2nd(baseline), 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th(end of study)
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Any unpredicted symptoms were checked at each follow up visit and if any, the symptom, time of occurrence, and length of duration were recorded and reported.
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at 2nd(baseline), 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th(end of study)
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Silla de estudio: Jae-Dong Lee, Ph.D, Kyunghee University Medical Center
Fechas de registro del estudio
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Inicio del estudio
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
- KOMCIRB-02-20101130-02
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