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The Effectiveness of Chuna Maintenance Therapy for Chronic Bothersome Neck Pain

Active, not recruitingNot applicableNCT06591221
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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 study that assessed 250 subjects complaining of chronic bothersome neck pain with mild discomfort in a 1:1 ratio: chuna maintenance therapy group (125 subjects, 1 time/2 weeks, total 20 weeks) and lifestyle management \& self-exercise group (125 subjects, exercise method education 1 time/4 weeks, total 20 weeks).

Study details

Official title
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Manual Maintenance Therapy (Chuna Maintenance Therapy) for Chronic Bothersome Neck Pain : a Multi-centered, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Study
Interventions
  • Procedure: Chuna Maintenance Therapy
Sponsor
Jaseng Medical Foundation
Start date
2024-07-07
Primary completion
2026-02-03
Sex
All
Age range
from 19 Years to 70 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
South Korea
Total sites listed
7

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
* Inclusion Criteria: 1. Aged 19 or older but under 70. 2. Neck pain with pain duration of 12 months or longer 3. NRS of neck pain over the past month is 2 or more but less than 4 4. Patients who have agreed to trial participation and provided written informed consent * Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed with serious pathology(s) which may cause neck pain (e.g. spinal metastasis of tumor(s), acute fracture, spinal dislocation) 2. Patients with progressive neurologic deficit or severe neurologic symptoms such as spinal cord injury 3. Patients whose pain is due to soft tissue disease not the spine (e.g. tumors, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout) 4. Patients with other chronic disease(s) which may interfere with treatment effect, safety, or interpretation of outcome (e.g. stroke and myocardial infarction, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy) 5. Patients currently taking steroids, immunosuppressants, medicine for mental illness or other medication(s) that may interfere with study results 6. Pregnant patients or patients with plans of pregnancy or lactating patients 7. Patients within 3 months after cervical surgery 8. Patients with experience of participating in another clinical study within 1 month or plan to participate in another clinical study during the study participation and follow-up period within 6 months from the participation date 9. Patients having difficult to completing the written informed consent 10. Patients who are deemed unsuitable by the researchers

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06591221