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Interaction Between Patient and Healthcare Provider: Response to Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00059345 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 639

Last updated 2013-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Interactions between patients and healthcare providers may have a significant impact on a patient's response to therapy. In this study, patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee will receive either acupuncture or sham acupuncture. The acupuncturists will be trained to interact with the patients in specific ways. The study will evaluate those interactions.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Electroacupuncture treatments provided two times per week for 6 weeks

PROCEDURE

Placebo acupuncture

Placebo acupuncture treatments provided 2 times per week for 6 weeks

OTHER

Usual Care

Usual care for knee osteoarthritis

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-07-31
Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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