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Brain Mechanisms of Video-Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment on Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT03765879 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-05-29

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Summary

In this study, the investigators will examine the analgesic effects of acupuncture imagery treatment in patients with chronic low back pain. The intervention used in this study is "video-guided acupuncture imagery treatment" (VGAIT) treatment. The control used in this study is sham (fake) VGAIT. Participants in each group will participate in 8 study sessions (including 6 treatment sessions) over the course of 6 weeks. The primary outcome measure for this study is change in low back pain severity score after each treatment session.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Verum VGAIT (Video-Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment)

In VGAIT treatment sessions, participants will re-watch the video of an avatar receiving acupuncture treatment, and they will be asked to vividly imagine that the treatment is being concurrently applied on themself.

OTHER

Sham VGAIT (Video-Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment)

In sham VGAIT treatment sessions, participants will re-watch this video of an avatar receiving the sham acupuncture treatment, and they will be asked to vividly imagine that the treatment is being concurrently applied on themself.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-14
Primary Completion
2024-07-27
Completion
2025-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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