Comparison of Swiss Versus Standard Low Back Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05232487
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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)
Low back pain (LBP) is very common, widespread, and represents a multidimensional syndrome. It affects physical activity and function, health-related quality of life, and employment status. The lifetime prevalence of acute low back pain is approximately 80%. The prevalence of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in the general population is reported to be 8% to 21%. Several clinical trials have provided evidence to support the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of LBP, however, the optimal acupuncture treatment for CLBP has not been extensively studied.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Swiss Versus Standard Low Back Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain. A Randomized, Controlled, Single-blind, Monocentric Clinical Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Swiss low back acupuncture (SLBA)
- Other: Standard acupuncture (SA)
- Sponsor
- Li Yiming
- Collaborators
- Swiss University for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Organization
- TCM Ming Dao
- Start date
- 2023-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Female and male participants; * Age between 18 and 75 years; * Clinical diagnosis of CLBP with a disease duration of more than 3 months and an average pain intensity of minimally 4 points on a 11-point pain-numerical rating scale (pain-NRS) on the previous 7 days; * Sufficient knowledge of German to complete the questionnaires. Exclusion Criteria: * All participants who do not meet the above-mentioned inclusion criteria; * History or known severe concomitant diseases (e.g. abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart disease, cancer, psychiatric disorders). * Other causes of low back pain not related to the clinical diagnosis of CLBP including inflammatory, malignant, or autoimmune disease; * Planned or previous back surgery within 6 months * Use of corticosteroids and/or other pain-relieving drugs that act through the central nervous system; * Initiation of another therapy for CLBP within the last 4 weeks, e.g. physiotherapy; * Preceding acupuncture treatment for CLBP during the past 6 months; * Pregnancy; * Participation in another clinical trial.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05232487