NCT01909284

Efficacy Study of Acupuncture to Treat Spinal Pain

Pilot Study of Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture on Patient With Spinal Pain Due to Spondylolithesis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Daegu Catholic University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is being conducted to investigate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for alleviating pain of spondylosis.

Detailed description

This study is being conducted at the Daegu Catholic University Medical Center. Enrolled participants will be randomized into two groups : acupuncture treatment plus epidural block and epidural block alone. This trial will include treatments during 3 weeks, and then follow up after 2 weeks. Participants will have acupuncture treatments of three times per week and epidural block of once per week. All examinations and treatments will be provided free of charge. Compared with epidural block group, acupuncture plus epidural block group will give more effectiveness for alleviate pain caused by lumbar spondylosis.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupuncture	* BL40, BL60, ST36, GB34 : bilaterally, manual acupuncture. * Two points on 1st bladder meridian nearest location of back pain : bilaterally, electrical acupuncture.
PROCEDURE	Epidural nerve block	Lumbar nerve block will be performed by using the mixture of dexamethasone (5mg) and mepivacaine (10mg).

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2013-07-26
• Last updated: 2014-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea