Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Chronic Knee Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06505681
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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)
This study is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Condition/disease: Chronic Knee Pain. Intervention: Pharmacopuncture
Study details
- Official title
- Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Chronic Knee Pain: A Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Pharmacopuncture
- Procedure: Physical therapy
- Sponsor
- Jaseng Medical Foundation
- Start date
- 2022-12-28
- Primary completion
- 2023-07-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 19 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- South Korea
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients whose NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) of knee pain is 5 or higher * Patients whose symptoms persist for more than 3 months * Patients who are between 19 and 70 years of age * Patients who, after receiving a detailed explanation of the clinical study and fully understanding it, voluntarily decide to participate and agree in writing to comply with the precautions. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been diagnosed with a specific serious disease that may cause knee pain (acute fracture, dislocation, traumatic damage to ligaments and cartilage, etc.) * If the cause of the pain is caused by a disease other than the knee (tumor, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lumbar disc herniation, etc.) * Cases that occur due to a traumatic event and require surgical intervention due to suspected acute fracture, dislocation, ligament and cartilage damage * Patients who diagnosed other chronic diseases (stroke, myocardial infarction, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy, etc.) that may interfere with the treatment effect or interpretation of results. * Patients who are currently taking steroids, immunosuppressants, drugs for mental illness, or other drugs that may affect the results of the study * Patients who acupuncture treatment is inappropriate or unsafe: Patients with bleeding disorders, those receiving anticoagulant treatment, and patients with severe diabetes at risk of infection. * Patients who have taken drugs that may affect pain, such as Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), or have received herbal acupuncture or physical therapy within the past week * Patients who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding * Patients within 3 months after knee surgery or if knee replacement surgery was performed * Patients who has been less than 1 month since you finished participating in another clinical study, or if you are planning to participate in another clinical study during the study participation and follow-up period within 6 months from the date of selection * Patients who difficult to fill out the consent form for research participation * Other cases where participation in clinical research is difficult in the judgment of the researcher.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06505681