Status:
RECRUITING
The Effectiveness of Chuna Maintenance Therapy for Chronic Bothersome Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Jaseng Medical Foundation
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
19-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is a pragmatic randomized controlled study that assessed 250 subjects complaining of chronic bothersome neck pain with mild discomfort in a 1:1 ratio: chuna maintenance therapy group (125 s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Aged 19 or older but under 70.
- Neck pain with pain duration of 12 months or longer
- NRS of neck pain over the past month is 2 or more but less than 4
- Patients who have agreed to trial participation and provided written informed consent
Exclusion
- Patients diagnosed with serious pathology(s) which may cause neck pain (e.g. spinal metastasis of tumor(s), acute fracture, spinal dislocation)
- Patients with progressive neurologic deficit or severe neurologic symptoms such as spinal cord injury
- Patients whose pain is due to soft tissue disease not the spine (e.g. tumors, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout)
- Patients with other chronic disease(s) which may interfere with treatment effect, safety, or interpretation of outcome (e.g. stroke and myocardial infarction, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy)
- Patients currently taking steroids, immunosuppressants, medicine for mental illness or other medication(s) that may interfere with study results
- Pregnant patients or patients with plans of pregnancy or lactating patients
- Patients within 3 months after cervical surgery
- Patients with experience of participating in another clinical study within 1 month or plan to participate in another clinical study during the study participation and follow-up period within 6 months from the participation date
- Patients having difficult to completing the written informed consent
- Patients who are deemed unsuitable by the researchers
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 7 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06591221
Start Date
July 7 2024
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
September 4 2025
Active Locations (7)
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1
Bucheon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
Bucheon-si, South Korea
2
Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
Daejeon, South Korea
3
Haeundae Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
Haeundae, South Korea
4
College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
Seoul, South Korea