Status:
UNKNOWN
Comparison of Swiss Versus Standard Low Back Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Li Yiming
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swiss University for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Conditions:
Chronic Low-back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Low back pain (LBP) is very common, widespread, and represents a multidimensional syndrome. It affects physical activity and function, health-related quality of life, and employment status. The lifeti...
Detailed Description
Low back pain (LBP) is a common, widespread and multifaceted syndrome and represents one of the leading sources of years lived with disability. In Switzerland, patients with LBP generated mean annual ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female and male participants;
- Age between 18 and 75 years;
- Clinical diagnosis of CLBP with a disease duration of more than 3 months and an average pain intensity of minimally 4 points on a 11-point pain-numerical rating scale (pain-NRS) on the previous 7 days;
- Sufficient knowledge of German to complete the questionnaires.
Exclusion
- All participants who do not meet the above-mentioned inclusion criteria;
- History or known severe concomitant diseases (e.g. abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart disease, cancer, psychiatric disorders).
- Other causes of low back pain not related to the clinical diagnosis of CLBP including inflammatory, malignant, or autoimmune disease;
- Planned or previous back surgery within 6 months
- Use of corticosteroids and/or other pain-relieving drugs that act through the central nervous system;
- Initiation of another therapy for CLBP within the last 4 weeks, e.g. physiotherapy;
- Preceding acupuncture treatment for CLBP during the past 6 months;
- Pregnancy;
- Participation in another clinical trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
116 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05232487
Start Date
January 1 2023
End Date
July 1 2025
Last Update
December 15 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Swiss TCM UNI
Bad Zurzach, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, 5330