NCT03299439

Acupuncture Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis With Sensitive Acupoints and Tender Points

A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis With Sensitive Acupoints and Tender Points

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 666 (actual)
• Sponsor: West China Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators plan to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture at highly sensitive points, compared with lowly/non-sensitive points or no acupuncture (waiting-list), in improving pain, joint function and quality of life, among patients with KOA. The safety of acupuncture will also be assessed during the study period.

Detailed description

Participants in the high sensitization group receive acupuncture treatment at the five highly sensitive points; Participants in the low/non-sensitization group receive acupuncture treatment at the five low/non-sensitive points and all other treatment settings will be the same as in the high sensitization group. Patients in the waiting-list group will receive standard acupuncture treatment after the study is completed.

Conditions

• Acupuncture
• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Sensitive Acupoints
• Tender Points

Interventions

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

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-25
• Primary completion: 2020-11-20
• Completion: 2020-11-20
• First posted: 2017-10-03
• Last updated: 2021-12-30

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: China