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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03005301
Other study ID # 2016XL007
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 2017
Est. completion date June 2018

Study information

Verified date May 2018
Source Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study is a prospective, two-center, randomized, controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of a new intelligent electroacupuncture instrument in treating neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis.


Description:

A total of 160 eligible patients will be included in this trial and randomly assigned to experimental group and control group in a 1:1 ratio. In experimental group, selected acupoints will be stimulated by the new intelligent electro-acupuncture instrument; while for control group, electroacupuncture treatment will be accomplished by a pre-existing electro-acupuncture instrument. The duration of treatment will be 2 weeks. The primary outcome is the change of visual analog scale score after one course of treatment. The secondary outcomes are visual analog scale score after each treatment, the responder rate, drug-usage rate of non-steroidal antipyretic analgesics, the occurrence rate of adverse events, defect rate of instrument, and excellent rate of instrument.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 160
Est. completion date June 2018
Est. primary completion date March 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 75 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female between 18 and 75 years old.

- Subject is diagnosed with CS of neck type or nerve-root type by clinical and medical imaging examination.

- A history of recurrent episodes of neck pain (one or more neck pain per month lasting for more than 3 months).

- Pain intensity is more than 3 points on a VAS upon recruitment.

- Subject or his guardian comprehend the aims of this trial, promise not to accept other relative treatments during the trial, and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject has acute neck trauma.

- Previous medical history of neck trauma treated by surgery, or neurological deficit, or congenital and developmental spinal disorders, or systemic bone diseases, or systemic joint diseases (e.g. joint slippage).

- Subject is diagnosed with carotid artery dissection.

- Subject is unable to express clearly self-feelings (e.g. subject with severe cerebrovascular accident sequelae).

- Subject has infection in acupuncture region.

- A history of acupuncture treatment for neck pain in the previous 1 week.

- Use of non-steroidal antipyretic analgesics in the previous 3 days.

- Subject has to use central analgesics or narcotic analgesics (e.g. Tramadol, Morphine, Dolantin) during the period of clinic trial.

- Use of various ointments or medicinal liquors with functions of promoting blood circulation and/or easing pain.

- Use of oral and intravenous medicines with functions of opening blood vessels and providing nutrition to nerve.

- Combinations of severe systematic diseases (e.g. a history of myocardial infarction, or severe hepatic and renal dysfunction, or acute infectious diseases, or malignant tumors, or severe mental disturbance diseases in previous 12 months).

- Intolerance of acupuncture and electro-acupuncture.

- Allergy to acupuncture.

- Female in pregnancy or lactation.

- Subject participate other clinic trials in previous 3 months.

- Subject is considered to be unsuited to this trial by investigators.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
intelligent electroacupuncture instrument
Choice of major points: GB20, GB21, EX-B2, GV14. Choice of adjunct points based on syndrome differentiation. Trial instrument of this study is the CX-DZ-? type intelligent electroacupuncture therapeutic instrument.Choice of acupuncture needle: one-off stainless acupuncture needle, which is 25~40mm in length and 0.30~0,38mm in diameter.Waveform: continuous-wave with frequency of 120~250 times per minute and current intensity within patients' tolerance.Treatment time: each treatment time is 30 minutes.
Hwato electroacupuncture instrument
Choice of major points: GB20, GB21, EX-B2, GV14. Choice of adjunct points based on syndrome differentiation. The Hwato electroacupuncture treatment instrument. Waveform: continuous-wave with frequency of 120~250 times per minute and current intensity within patients' tolerance. Treatment time: each treatment time is 30 minutes.

Locations

Country Name City State
China Affliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu Sichuan
China West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine West China Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The change of VAS scores from baseline to the completion of treatment 0-2 weeks
Secondary VAS score after each treatment 0-2weeks
Secondary Responder rate 0-2weeks
Secondary Use of non-steroidal antipyretic analgesics 0-2weeks
Secondary Adverse events 0-2weeks
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