An interventional study of Electroacupuncture and Dry cupping and Electroacupuncture and Sham Dry cupping in Back Pain, sponsored by University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City. Recruiting at 1 site in Vietnam. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-18.
Sponsored by University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern. I
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Patients with back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern will be registered for this study. They will be treated with a combination of Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy.
The intervention period is two weeks. Electronic acupuncture will be performed once a day for 2 weeks. Dry cupping therapy will be performed every 4 days for 2 weeks. Data on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability index (ODI), and side effects of Electroacupuncture and Dry cuppingwill be recorded before the study and weekly for 2 weeks.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern. I
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Patients with back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern will be registered for this study. They will be treated with a combination of Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy.
The intervention period is two weeks. Electronic acupuncture will be performed once a day for 2 weeks. Dry cupping therapy will be performed every 4 days for 2 weeks. Data on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability index (ODI), and side effects of Electroacupuncture and Dry cuppingwill be recorded before the study and weekly for 2 weeks.
2,389 studies on the registry are indexed under Back Pain; 282 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 76 is above the median of 60 across 1,952 interventional studies indexed under Back Pain.
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Sham Coparator: 38 patients were treated with acupuncture using Khanh Phong 20x15 needles inserted into specific acupuncture points. Afterward, the acupuncture needles were connected to electrodes to administer electrical stimulation through the KWD808-1 electroacupuncture machine. The Sham group will receive placebo dry cupping therapy using two size 1 acrylic cups (internal diameter 4.5 cm), with a distance of 3 cm between each cup, placed parallel to the spine, bilaterally along the boundaries of acupoints BL17, BL23, and B25. This group will undergo placebo dry cupping therapy for 7 minutes, every 4 days (3 sessions over 2 weeks). However, the cups will be prepared with small holes \<2 mm in diameter to release the negative pressure within seconds. Double-sided tape will be used to ensure the cups remain attached and in contact with the skin.
Other: Electroacupuncture and Sham Dry cupping
38 patients were treated with acupuncture using Khanh Phong 20x15 needles inserted into specific acupuncture points. Afterward, the acupuncture needles were connected to electrodes to administer electrical stimulation through the KWD808-1 electroacupuncture machine. Dry cupping will be applied using 6 size 1 acrylic cups (internal diameter 4.5 cm), with a distance of 3 cm between each cup, parallel to the spine, bilaterally according to the boundaries of acupoints BL17, BL23, and B25. This group will perform electroacupuncture for 20 minutes daily (10 sessions over 2 weeks) and dry cupping for 10 minutes every 4 days (3 sessions over 2 weeks).
Other: Electroacupuncture and Dry cupping
This group will perform electroacupuncture for 20 minutes daily (10 sessions over 2 weeks) and dry cupping for 7 minutes every 4 days (3 sessions over 2 weeks)
This group will perform Electroacupuncture for 20 minutes daily (10 sessions over 2 weeks) and Sham Dry cupping for 7 minutes every 4 days (3 sessions over 2 weeks)
Change in Disability - ODI
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire will be used to analyze disability in people with low back pain.This instrument contains 10 items that assess the impact of low back pain on various functional activities. Values range from 0 to 5, with the highest value indicating greater disability. The final result is the sum of all items. The validated version in Portuguese is used.
Time frame: baseline and week 2
Change in Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Pain will be measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Patients will be asked to circle a number from 0 to 10, where 0 represents "no pain" and 10 represents "the worst possible pain.
Time frame: baseline and week 2
Ran from Jan 2024 to primary completion in Oct 2024, 9 months.
Of 933 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Back Pain, half reached primary completion within 10 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24. This study's 9 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 997 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 24.
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