The Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain
Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain: a Pilot Study
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interventional
45
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of East-West collaborative medicine on chronic cervical pain.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Dec 2009
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 14, 2010
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 21, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 1, 2011
CompletedSeptember 21, 2010
September 1, 2010
1.1 years
September 14, 2010
September 20, 2010
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Pain Scores on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)
7 week
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Neck disability index
7 week
Beck depression inventory
7 week
SF-36
7 week
EQ-5D(EuroQol-5 dimension)
7 week
Study Arms (3)
medication(Zaltoprofen)
ACTIVE COMPARATORAcupuncture
ACTIVE COMPARATORZalprofen plus Acupuncture
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- \- presence of Chronic neck pain
You may not qualify if:
- Cancer
- Spinal infection
- ankylosing spondylosis
- myelopathy
- moderate hypertension or more
- serious mental disease
- other skeletomuscular disease
- history of operation or acupuncture treatment about spinal disease
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Kyunghee University East West Neo Medical Center
Seoul, 134-727, South Korea
Related Publications (1)
Cho JH, Nam DH, Kim KT, Lee JH. Acupuncture with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) versus acupuncture or NSAIDs alone for the treatment of chronic neck pain: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled pilot study. Acupunct Med. 2014 Feb;32(1):17-23. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010410. Epub 2013 Oct 30.
PMID: 24171895DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jun-Hwan Lee, OMD, PhD
Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine/College of Oriental Medicine/Kyung Hee University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 14, 2010
First Posted
September 21, 2010
Study Start
December 1, 2009
Primary Completion
January 1, 2011
Study Completion
February 1, 2011
Last Updated
September 21, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-09