NCT05040243

Acupuncture Combined With Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint Application in Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

A Randomized Controlled Double-blind Study of Acupuncture Combined With Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint Application in the Treatment of Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Carry out a randomized controlled double-blind study, the acupuncture combined with placebo application group was compared with the acupuncture combined with Yanqing Zhitong ointment acupoint application group, 86 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain were included.

Detailed description

Treatment group(acupuncture combined with Yanqing Zhitong ointment acupoint sticking) Acupoints for manual acupuncture:Weizhong(BL40), Shenshu(BL23) ,Dachangshu(BL25) ,Geshu(BL17) ,Kunlun(BL60) ,Ashi point Acupoints for sticking:According to the location of pain, we select acupuncture points along the meridian Controal group(acupuncture combined with placebo application) Interventions are same as Treatment Group. Both groups were treated 3 times a week for 4 weeks.

Conditions

• Non-specific Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint application	Yanqing Zhitong Ointment is a traditional external preparation of experiential prescription, which is an extract made by water extraction and concentration of Qingfengteng, Corydalis yanhusuo, Interleukin, Kansui, Asarum, etc. Clinical studies in the past ten years have preliminarily shown that it has the effects of warming meridians, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, and has a definite effect.
OTHER	placebo acupoint application	The control group was combined with placebo acupoint application on the basis of conventional acupuncture treatment. Placebo patch: colored and drug-free patch (composition: petrolatum, food coloring) Acupuncture, application of acupuncture points and treatment course were the same as those in the treatment group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-30
• Completion: 2022-12-30
• First posted: 2021-09-10
• Last updated: 2022-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China