NCT03008668

A Pilot Trial of Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis With Differential Functional Status of Acupoints

Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis With Sensitized Acupoints: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: West China Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators plan to undertake a rigorous multicentre randomised controlled trial, comparing acupuncture on sensitized acupoints with low/non-sensitive points or no acupuncture (waiting-list), to test if acupuncture on sensitized acupoints may result in improved treatment outcomes in patients with Knee osteoarthritis (KOA).The current pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of performing the definitive randomised controlled trial.

Detailed description

Patients in the intervention group received acupuncture treatment on the 5 most sensitized points/ acupoints.Patients in the control group received acupuncture treatment on the 5 least /non-sensitized points. All other treatment settings were the same as in the intervention group.

Conditions

• Acupuncture
• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	acupuncture	a stimulation of the body or auricular points

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2017-01-02
• Last updated: 2018-07-19