NCT05292482

Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Adhesive Capsulitis : A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a 2-arm parallel pragmatic randomized controlled trial that will compare pharmacopuncture therapy with physical therapy for adhesive capsulitis.

Detailed description

Participants who voluntarily signed informed consent form and eligible for the study were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio (25:25) for pharmacopuncture therapy and physical therapy group. Participants of each group will receive twice a week for total 6 weeks of intervention. This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, so physicians will have medical decision making according to each participant's conditions.

Conditions

• Adhesive Capsulitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	pharmacopuncture therapy	This is a pragmatic RCT, so the physicians will choose the type and volume of pharmacopuncture according to participants' conditions.
PROCEDURE	physical therapy	This is a pragmatic RCT, so the physicians will choose the type and time of physical therapy according to participants' conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-20
• Primary completion: 2022-10-25
• Completion: 2022-12-06
• First posted: 2022-03-23
• Last updated: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea