NCT06611332

Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture on Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radiculopathy

Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture on Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radiculopathy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 170 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy (LDHR) is the local displacement of the intervertebral disc and its contents beyond the edge of the normal intervertebral disc space, resulting in pain, weakness or numbness in the muscle or dermatomal distribution area. Electroacupuncture is based on obtaining the needling sensation manually and applying electrical stimulation of different frequencies and intensities, aiming to enhance the intensity of acupoint stimulation to improve the effect. As a kind of acupoint stimulation therapy, electroacupuncture has shown analgesic effects in animal experiments. However, at present, the clinical evidence of electroacupuncture applied in the treatment of LDHR is still insufficient. Therefore, this randomized, single-blind, sham electroacupuncture controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture as a treatment for LDHR.

Conditions

• Lumbar Disc Herniation
• Radiculopathy Lumbar

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electroacupuncture	The main acupoints selected for the electroacupuncture group are bilateral BL23, bilateral BL25, bilateral GB30, bilateral LR11, bilateral LR8, GV4, GV3, and the affected BL40, and the secondary acupoints selected are bilateral BL54, the affected side BL57 and the affected side BL60.The treatment will be administered once every other day for 30 minutes each time, lasting for 8 consecutive weeks, totaling 24 sessions.
OTHER	Sham electroacupuncture	In the sham electroacupuncture group, the acupoints will be at a position 2 cm lateral to the correct acupoints horizontally. The dosage and treatment course are the same as those in the electroacupuncture group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-15
• Primary completion: 2025-10-15
• Completion: 2025-10-25
• First posted: 2024-09-24
• Last updated: 2024-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China