NCT04222829

The Effectiveness of Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture for Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain

Observational Study on Effectiveness of Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture for Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain Due to the Shoulder Diseases

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Jaseng Medical Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a prospective, case-control observational trial. The investigators will compare the Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture group to the control group to analyze the effectiveness of shoulder Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture.

Detailed description

Pharmacopuncture is a treatment that combines 2 of the most frequented Korean medicine treatment methods - traditional acupuncture and herbal medicine - by injecting herbal medicine extract at acupoints. Shinbaro is a refined herbal formulation used to treat inflamed lesions and bone diseases. This treatment is known to be an important part of Korean medicine treatment. However, there has been no specific value for the effect of this treatment. Therefore, The investigators conducted observational trial to analyze the effectiveness of Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture on shoulder. From Dec 2019, The investigators will collect 80 patients with Chronic shoulder pain on both or each shoulder with the numeric rating scale(NRS) over 4. The investigators will compare pain, dysfunction, quality of life and satisfaction of patients who are treated with Korean medical treatment including Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture and patients who are treated with Korean medical treatment not including Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture. For these two groups, The investigators will compare NRS(Numeric Rating Scale), Visual Analogue Scale(VAS), Range Of Motion(ROM), Shoulder Pain and Disability Index(SPADI), Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) and EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D-5L).

Conditions

• Shoulder Joint Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Megadose Shinbaro Pharmacopuncture	Pharmacopuncture is a treatment that combines 2 of the most frequented Korean medicine treatment methods - traditional acupuncture and herbal medicine - by injecting herbal medicine extract at acupoints. Shinbaro is a refined herbal formulation used to treat inflamed lesions and bone diseases.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-04
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-06-01
• First posted: 2020-01-10
• Last updated: 2022-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea