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Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT00065585 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 640

Last updated 2019-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a trial to clarify the extent to which acupuncture needling can diminish the effect of chronic back pain on patient functioning and symptoms.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Accupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Kaiser Permanente

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Cherkin, PhD · Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies

  • Karen J Sherman, PhD · Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies

  • Andy Avins, MD · Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2006-09-30
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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