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Back Pain Response to Different Acupuncture Methods

NCT01598974 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2017-11-29

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Summary

Acupuncture has been used for many years to help relieve pain. However, it is not clear how acupuncture works. We are doing this study to learn about the effects of different forms of acupuncture on chronic low back pain. We are interested in learning about brain activity during pain. We plan to look at brain activity at the beginning and the end of the study, after 6 sessions of acupuncture.

Conditions

  • Lower Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Traditional Acupuncture

PROCEDURE

Laser Acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert R Edwards, Ph.D. · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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