Osteopuncture for Osteoarthritis-Associated Knee Pain & Disability
CompletedPhase 2NCT00417313
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and duration of treatment response of periosteal electro-acupuncture (osteopuncture) for osteoarthritis (OA)-associated chronic knee pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Osteopuncture for Osteoarthritis-Associated Knee Pain & Disability
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: periosteal electro-acupuncture (osteopuncture).
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Start date
- 2004-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Radiographic evidence of knee OA on a standing AP X-ray * Bilateral knee pain for at least 3 months with pain of at least moderate intensity every day or almost every day Exclusion Criteria: * Non-ambulatory, or severely impaired mobility (i.e., require the use of a walker) * Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination score of less than 24 * Severe visual or hearing impairment * Knee pain due to factors other than OA, e.g. rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis, gout, pseudogout, metastatic cancer * Significant pain in parts of the body other than the knee or acute knee pain * A large knee effusion or severe mechanical instability of the knee * History of corticosteroid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months * History of hyaluronic acid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months * Acute or terminal illness * Immune suppression * Anticoagulation therapy * Presence of a pacemaker * Prior acupuncture treatment
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00417313