Effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture for Chronic Neck Pain

Jaseng Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Physical therapy; Procedure: pharmacopuncture therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04035018

JS-CT-2019-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators will evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacopuncture therapy for chronic neck pain compared to physical therapy.

Full description

This study is prgmatic RCT of pharmacopuncture therapy for chronic neck pain compared to physical therapy.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Neck pain more than 6 months
• VAS of neck pain more than 5
• Age between 17 and 70 years old
• Participants who wrote informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Migration of cancer reaching to spine, fracture of spine
• Progressive neurologic deficits or severe neurologic deficits
• Cancer, fibromyalgia, RA, or goat
• Stroke, MI, kidney disease, dimentia, diabetic neuropathy, or epilepsy
• Participants taking steroid, immunosuppressant, or psychotropic medication
• Hemorrhagic disease, severe diabetes or taking anticoagulant drug
• Participants who took NSAIDs or pharmacopuncture within 1 week
• Pregnant or lactating women
• Participants who had undergone cervical surgery within 3 months
• Participants who had participated in other clinical trial within 1 month, or have plan for participation in other trial during follow up period of this trial
• Participants who can not write informed consent
• Participants who is difficult to participate in the trial according to investigator's decision

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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101 participants in 2 patient groups

pharmacopuncture therapy

Experimental group

Description:

The physicians will select one or more pharmacopuncture therapy for each participants. The physicians will also decide dosage and frequency of treatment according to the participant's status.

Treatment:

Procedure: pharmacopuncture therapy

physical therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

The physicians will select one or more physical therapy for each participants. The physicians will also decide intensity and frequency of treatment according to the participant's status.

Treatment:

Procedure: Physical therapy