Efficacy of Different Acupuncture Methods for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT00758017 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2011-06-22

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Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate pain intensity over 8 weeks in acupuncture patients with chronic low back pain and to compare 2 different groups of patients which differ in the acupuncture method used to treat the pain.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture 1

Application of individualised acupuncture

OTHER

Acupuncture 2

Application of standardised acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia M. Witt, MD · Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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