Suture Embedding Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03685864
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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)
Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is a common public health issue, and it is one of the main causes of disability among adults of working age. Suture embedding acupuncture is one of the most often used interventions for the treatments of cLBP. The investigators will investigate the efficacy and safety of suture embedding acupuncture for cLBP in this single center, parallel, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.
Study details
- Official title
- Suture Embedding Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Suture Embedding Acupuncture
- Other: Sham Acupuncture
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University Hospital
- Start date
- 2018-10-12
- Primary completion
- 2023-12-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * cLBP lasting for at least the last 3 months. * 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS) for bothersomeness of LBP exceeding 4. * Nonspecific and uncomplicated LBP that was intact on neurological examination. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria are sciatic pain (i.e., if a patient reported typical radiating pain in the leg as well as one or more neurological indications of nerve root tension or neurological deficit) * Pain mainly below the knee; serious spinal disorders including malignancy, vertebral fracture, spinal infection, inflammatory spondylitis and cauda equine compression; history of previous spinal surgery or scheduled surgery to address a chronic disease that could interfere with treatment effects (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetic neuropathy, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, dementia, and epilepsy); * Acupuncture treatment of LBP during the previous month * Conditions that could compromise the safety of acupuncture (e.g., clotting disorders, taking anticoagulant agent, pregnancy, and seizure disorders); * Severe psychiatric or psychological disorder * Use of corticosteroids, narcotics or herbal medicine to treat LBP within one month.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03685864