NCT07150234

Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 168 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will be an evaluation of the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. The main questions it aims to answer are 1. Does acupuncture improve the pain intensity among patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy? 2. Does acupuncture treat cervical spondylotic radiculopathy safely? Researchers will compare acupuncture to sham acupuncture to see if acupuncture could improve symptoms among patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. Experimental and control groups will be treated with 6 weeks of acupuncture or sham-acupuncture respectively. Patients were followed up at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months after treatment to record outcome, any disease progression, adverse events, and so on.

Conditions

• Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupuncture	The needles will be inserted in acupoints through adhesive pads. Needles will be lifted, thrusted and twirled gently for 3 times to achieve deqi sensation and manipulated every ten minutes.
DEVICE	sham acupuncture	The needles will be inserted into the pad and reaching the skin. Needles will be lifted, thrusted and twirled gently for 3 times to simulate the effect of the needle tip penetrating the skin.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-10
• Primary completion: 2028-03-30
• Completion: 2028-09-30
• First posted: 2025-09-02
• Last updated: 2025-09-02