Acupuncture Combined With Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint Application in Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Non-specific Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: placebo acupoint application; Other: Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05040243

ZYCCCX-1006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Carry out a randomized controlled double-blind study, the acupuncture combined with placebo application group was compared with the acupuncture combined with Yanqing Zhitong ointment acupoint application group, 86 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain were included.

Full description

Treatment group(acupuncture combined with Yanqing Zhitong ointment acupoint sticking) Acupoints for manual acupuncture:Weizhong(BL40), Shenshu(BL23) ,Dachangshu(BL25) ,Geshu(BL17) ,Kunlun(BL60) ,Ashi point Acupoints for sticking:According to the location of pain, we select acupuncture points along the meridian

Controal group(acupuncture combined with placebo application) Interventions are same as Treatment Group.

Both groups were treated 3 times a week for 4 weeks.

Enrollment: 86 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnostic of non-specific low back pain
2. Aage from 18 to 65
3. Last for at least 12 weeks
4. VAS between 4 and 7
5. No other treatment in the past 3 months
6. Patients with no partial skin damage
7. No other relevant treatment methods
8. Sign informed consent and informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Suffer from diabetes
3. With skin ulcers or contusion wounds
4. Past history of severe allergy to transdermal preparations
5. Complicated with serious diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

On the basis of conventional acupuncture treatment combined with acupoint application of Yanqing Zhitong Ointment. Acupuncture point:Weizhong,Shenshu,Dachangshu,Jaji,Ashi Acupoint application:Pain in the lumbar spine, Mingmen, Yaoyangguan, Shenshu (double), Ashi (6 points in total); Within 3 inches beside the spine on both sides of the waist, Shenshu (double), Dachangshu (double), Ashi (6 points in total); 3 inches away from the sides of the spine on both sides of the waist, Shenshu (double), Zhishi (double), Ashi (6 points in total). Stick to each point for about 4 hours. If there is a burning sensation or obvious itching or other discomfort on the part after application, it can be removed in advance. Three times a week( Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Course of treatment: each course lasts for 2 weeks, a total of 2 courses of continuous treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint application

Control Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

The control group was combined with placebo acupoint application on the basis of conventional acupuncture treatment. Placebo patch: colored and drug-free patch (composition: petrolatum, food coloring) Acupuncture, application of acupuncture points and treatment course were the same as those in the treatment group.

Treatment:

Other: placebo acupoint application