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NCT03820856
Acupuncture Plus Fire Needle and Acupuncture on Lateral Epicondylitis
NA trial testing acupuncture plus fire needle therapy in Lateral Epicondylitis in 43 participants. Completed in 18 March 2011.
18 March 2011
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 43 |
| Start date | 5 August 2010 |
| Primary completion | 18 March 2011 |
| Estimated completion | 18 March 2011 |
| Sites | 1 location across Taiwan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- acupuncture plus fire needle therapy
- acupuncture — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Lateral Epicondylitis — all drugs for Lateral Epicondylitis →
- Tennis Elbow — all drugs for Tennis Elbow →
- Acupuncture — all drugs for Acupuncture →
Sponsor
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Who can join
Eligibility, any sex, with Lateral Epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The aim of this study was to investigate whether or not the outcomes of acupuncture used in combination with fire needle treatment are better than those of acupuncture alone in patients with lateral epicondylitis. The primary outcome was the visual analog scale pain score for the previous 24 hours and the secondary outcomes were the maximum grip strength, Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire score, and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-form Health Survey score. The values at baseline (pretreatment), at the end of treatment, and at three months after treatment were used to assess the short-term and intermediate-term effects of treatment.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case-control pilot study.
Wu SY, Lu CN, Chung CJ, Kuo CE, et al · · 2019 · cited 5× · PMID 31145366 · DOI 10.1097/md.0000000000015937
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03820856 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Last refreshed: 29 January 2019
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