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Suture Embedding Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT03685864 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2024-04-10

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Summary

Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is a common public health issue, and it is one of the main causes of disability among adults of working age. Suture embedding acupuncture is one of the most often used interventions for the treatments of cLBP. The investigators will investigate the efficacy and safety of suture embedding acupuncture for cLBP in this single center, parallel, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Suture Embedding Acupuncture

Suture Embedding Acupuncture at 8 acupoints (both sides of BL23, BL24, BL25, BL37). Receiving intervention 1 time in 2 weeks, and total receive 3 times.

OTHER

Sham Acupuncture

Sham Acupuncture at 8 acupoints (both sides of BL23, BL24, BL25, BL37). Receiving intervention 1 time in 2 weeks, and total receive 3 times.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chien-Huang Lin, PhD · Taipei Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-12
Primary Completion
2023-12-13
Completion
2023-12-13

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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