Treating ALBP With Acupuncture - Comparison of the Efficacy Between Distal Points and Local Points

NCT05319288 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Acupuncture for ALBP
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 102
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial on acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain(ALBP). According to literature, using distal acupoints only to treat ALBP is mostly recognized, but in our daily clinical practice, it is common to use local acupoints mainly combined with distal acupoints. Which method leads to better effect is one important clinical question in treating Low Back Pain(LBP) by acupuncture. In this proposed study, the investigators aim to compare the efficacy of using "distal acupoints only" and "local acupoints mainly combined with distal acupoints" on ALBP.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Acute

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• low back pain intensity(in VAS scores)

  The primary outcome will be the change in low back pain intensity(in VAS scores) before and after the treatment.

  before and four weeks after the treatment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Oswestry Disability Index

  before and four weeks after the treatment

Study Arms (2)

Distal acupoints only group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The DPOG (n=51) will receive acupuncture of distal acupoints only(SI3, EX-UE7) for ALBP.

Device: Acupuncture

Local acupoints mainly combined with distal acupoints group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

LPMG (n=51) will receive acupuncture of local acupoints mainly(BL23, BL25, BL32) combined with distal points(BL40) for ALBP.

Device: Acupuncture

Interventions

Acupuncture DEVICE

In DPOG, motion style acupuncture would be used; in LPMG, Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture is used.

Distal acupoints only group; Local acupoints mainly combined with distal acupoints group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Low Back Pain as chief complaint: pain and discomfort, localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain;
• Participants' aged between 18 and 65 years old;
• Acute onset of symptom: lasting less than 6 weeks;
• Provided informed consent prior to the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Low back pain lasting more than 6 weeks;
• Alerting features (Red Flags) or serious conditions associated with acute low back pain: Significant trauma, unexplained weight loss, past history of malignancy, fever, age \>65 years old, severe and unremitting night-time pain;
• Contraindication of acupuncture, including needle phobia, severe cutaneous condition, excessive hunger/exhaustion/overeat, emotional instability, pregnancy(relative contraindication) etc.;
• Received acupuncture treatment during the last month.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Baptist University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Zhong Lidan

Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, 637551, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Acupuncture Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2022
• First Posted: April 8, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2024
• Study Completion: March 31, 2024
• Last Updated: March 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

HK (1)