The Effect of Acupuncture Protocol Involving in Weizhong (BL4) and Huantiao (GB30) Points in Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis

Chengdu PLA General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis

Treatments: Other: Weizhong and Huantiao; Other: A-shi point

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02260310

BL40GB30

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acupuncture protocol involving in Weizhong (BL4) and Huantiao (GB30) points in treating ankylosing spondylitis.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligible adult (≥18 years of age) patients
• had a diagnosis of AS for at least 3 months defined as definite by the 1984 modified New York criteria
• Eligible patients also had a Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) of ≥4 (0-10 cm scale)
• A visual analogue scale (VAS) score for total back pain of ≥4 (0-10 cm scale)

Exclusion criteria

• Had received prior Acupuncture therapy
• With complete ankylosis of the spine, defined as the presence of bridging syndesmophytes at all intervertebral levels of the cervical and lumbar spine on lateral view spinal radiographs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Weizhong and Huantiao

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis use the Acupuncture Protocol Involving in Weizhong (BL4) and Huantiao (GB30) Points

Treatment:

Other: Weizhong and Huantiao

A-shi point

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis use the Acupuncture Protocol Involving in A-shi points, without including Weizhong (BL4) and Huantiao (GB30) Points

Treatment:

Other: A-shi point