Randomized, Blinded, Sham-controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Management of Joint Pain in Patients With Psoriasis

University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Psoriasis; Arthralgia

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02047851

H-1-2013-122

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is helpful for patients with joint pain associated with psoriasis

Full description

In this study, patients with psoriasis and joint pain will receive either real acupuncture or sham acupuncture to see if acupuncture can be an effective treatment of joint pain in patients with psoriasis.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Plaque psoriasis
• Pain from at least two peripheral joints and/or inflammatory back pain
• No or stabile treatment of the psoriasis the last 3 months
• No or stabile pain treatment the last 3 months
• Oral and written information given
• Written consent signed

Exclusion criteria

• Arthritis with Ultrasound verified intra articular fluid og clinical verified joint swelling
• Pregnancy og breastfeeding
• Previous treatments with acupuncture
• Treatment with anticoagulants (vitamin K-antagonists, low molecular weight heparin, unfractionated heparin, direct thrombin inhibitors, direct factor Xa inhibitors)
• Unwilling to follow protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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10 participants in 3 patient groups

Acupuncture in active points

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive real acupuncture

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

Acupuncture in non-active points

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive acupuncture, but in non-active points

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

No treatment, just observation

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive no treatment and will only be observed.