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NCT03850717
Safety of Acupuncture Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
trial testing acupuncture in Chronic Low Back Pain in 500 participants. Completed in 20 February 2019.
30 December 2018
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 500 |
| Start date | 31 December 2013 |
| Primary completion | 30 December 2018 |
| Estimated completion | 20 February 2019 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- acupuncture — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Chronic Low Back Pain — all drugs for Chronic Low Back Pain →
- Older Adults — all drugs for Older Adults →
Sponsor
McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC
Who can join
65 and older, any sex, with Chronic Low Back Pain or Older Adults. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Acupuncture, along with other complementary and integrative treatments, is commonly used as a complementary or integrative therapy when treating a multitude of pain complaints, including chronic low back pain(CLBP). It has been practiced as a non-pharmacological therapy in the United States over one hundred years. Integrative pain management pilot programs have demonstrated impressive reductions in medications use, emergency room visits, and annual costs of healthcare. In fact, CLBP is one of the most common conditions treated in an acupuncturist's daily schedule. Based on acupuncturists' practice, CLBP has accounted for about 12% of patient visits in recent years. Most CLBP patients who come to acupuncturists' clinic are older adults. Investigators will retrospectively check the safety of acupuncture, i.e.side effects or adverse effects of acupuncture during treatments of CLBP in older adults in past 5 years.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Trials by the same sponsor.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03850717 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC
- Last refreshed: 25 February 2019
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