Effects of Bloodletting Acupuncture for Subacute and Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06190366
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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)
Evaluation of a bloodletting acupuncture at the fossa poplitea in comparison to bloodletting acupuncture at the regio glutaea and a waiting list control group in patients with subacute and chronic non-specific pain low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Bloodletting Acupuncture for Subacute and Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain - a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Bloodletting acupuncture at the fossa poplitea
- Procedure: Bloodletting acupuncture at the regio glutaea
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Start date
- 2023-12-19
- Primary completion
- 2024-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Specialist confirmed diagnosis of subacute or chronic non-specific low back pain for at least 6 weeks prior to inclusion * Average pain intensity with at least 50 mm on the VAS from 0 to 100 mm Exclusion criteria: * Serious illnesses * Poor general condition * Coagulation disorder, therapy with anticoagulants * Thrombophlebitis, skin inflammation in the area of the lower extremities * Alcohol, drug or medication addiction * Pregnancy * Lack of willingness to cooperate, linguistically or mentally unable to understand the contents of the study * Participation in another clinical trial during the study period * Starting a new therapy for the treatment of low back pain in the last 2 weeks
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06190366