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Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

NCT00000394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2013-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will look at the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). People who participate in this study will have CTS that has been diagnosed by physical examination and neurological testing. We will randomly assign study participants to receive one of the three types of acupuncture either once, twice, or three times weekly for a total of 6 weeks. Acupuncturists will treat one group of patients with true acupuncture. They will give the other two groups of patients one of two alternative acupuncture treatments that do not use the true acupuncture points. The patients and evaluators will not know the type of acupuncture (True, Alternative 1, or Alternative 2) that is being used. The acupuncturists will not communicate with the patients and will not be involved in patient evaluation.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • George Washington University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arthur Weinstein, M.D. · The George Washington University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-05-31
Completion
2002-01-31

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