Bee Venom Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Kyung Hee University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Placebo; Drug: Loxoprofen; Procedure: Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01491321

KHNMC-OH-IRB 2011-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bee venom acupuncture on pain intensity, functional status and quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 54 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• nonspecific, chronic low back pain over 3 months
• Must have LBP of more than VAS 4

Exclusion criteria

• cancer, vertebral fracture, spinal infection, inflammatory spondylitis
• spinal operation
• radicular pain
• other musculoskeletal pain
• physicological or mental disorders
• allergic history to BV therapy or insect bite

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Bee Venom Acupuncture & Loxoprofen

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: Loxoprofen

Procedure: Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy

Sham Bee Venom Acupuncture & Loxoprofen

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Placebo

Drug: Loxoprofen