Acupuncture in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to evalute three different acupuncture techniques, including one sham control, in its effect on osteoarthitis of the knee

Clinical Trial Description

Background: Acupuncture is one of the most frequently used complementary therapeutic approaches in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Due to methodological shortcomings of previous randomized controlled studies, controversy persists whether the observed effects are specific to acupuncture or non-specific consequences of needling.

Objective: To compare classical Chinese acupuncture, semi-standardized modern acupuncture and non-specific needling by means of a double-blinded repeated measures cross-over design.

Intervention: Within three weeks all patients receive three treatment modalities in a random order in a double-blind study design.

Main outcome measures: Improvement in knee flexibility according to the neutral-zero method, defining a success as improvement by 10 degrees or more.

Secondary parameter: improvement in pain according to the reduced WOMAC score by 50 percent or more. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00325663
Study type	Interventional
Source	Heidelberg University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 1/Phase 2
Start date	April 2004
Completion date	April 2005

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