NCT01569230

Efficacy and Safety Study of Individualized and Standardized Acupuncture Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis

Clinical Trial to Evaluate and Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Individualized and Standardized Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: Randomized, Single-blind, Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Eun Jung Kim · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to verify the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatments (Individualized, Standardized acupuncture) for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Detailed description

The investigators targeted the patients with knee OA. After treatment in 4 groups - individualized acupuncture treatment, standardized acupuncture treatment, sham-needle treatment, and waiting groups - the investigators will compare the effects of pain relieving and daily performing improvement. So the investigators will confirm the efficacy of acupuncture, and further the best treatment method. In addition, the investigators are going to evaluate the safety of abnormal reaction during the treatment.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Standardized Acupuncture	The treatment was applied twice a week for 20 minutes for 6 weeks(12sessions) 9 Acupuncture points(SP9,GB34, ST36, ST35, Xiyan(EX-LE5), BL60, GB39, SP6 and KI3)were used for all the patients assigned to this group. Sterile Stainless Steel(25mm x 40mm) disposable acupuncture needles manufactured by Dong-Bang Acupuncture Co.(Korea) were used.
PROCEDURE	sham acupuncture	The treatment was applied twice a week for 6 weeks(12sessions). The sham acupuncture was applied on the 9 same acupuncture points as in the standardized acupuncture group. Each session was 20 minutes long
PROCEDURE	Individualized Acupuncture	The treatment was applied twice a week for 20 minutes for 6 weeks(12sessions)
OTHER	Waiting	No interventions were applied to the patients in this group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-08-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2012-04-03
• Last updated: 2012-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea