Quality of Life and Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Study Before and After Performing

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Islamic Azad University and Dr Sadre Nabavi Clinic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01651338
• Other study ID #: accupuncture
• Secondary ID: iaum
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: July 17, 2012
• Last updated: July 25, 2012
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: January 2010

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: Islamic Azad University, Tehran
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Iran: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Chronic pains can affect the life quality. This study has performed in the first time in Mashhad.The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on the life quality of 150 patients who suffered from chronic pain. Some people like performing acupuncture because they believed it's free of risks and beneficial.

In order to achieve this purpose, we had examined the life quality of the patients before and after acupuncture. This study was randomly performed on 150 patients aged between 17-75. They were suffering from chronic pain.

The questionnaire is based on WHO QOL. The questionnaires were filled out once before acupuncture and once 12 weeks after it.

Description:

This study was completed on time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: January 2010
• Est. primary completion date: August 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 17 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged between 17 - 75 years old,

• suffering from arthritis pains,

• migraine backaches,

• muscular spasms,

• pains in the neck, and in the knee

• duration of disease over 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• tacking pain relief

• pregnant women

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• acupuncture
The patients went through acupuncture for 8 -10 sessions and either once or two times a week. The number and the place of needles were 8 -12 for each patient which were located on the right place.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Dr sadre Nabavi clinic	Mashhad	Khorasane Razavi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Islamic Azad University, Tehran

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	quality of life improvement		up to 3 months	No