NCT04440046 is a NA clinical trial of Manual therapy thoracic spine in Shoulder Pain, sponsored by University of Alcala.

Who is sponsoring NCT04440046?

NCT04440046 is sponsored by University of Alcala.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04440046?

Interventions in NCT04440046: Manual therapy thoracic spine, Manual therapy glenohumeral joint, Sham thoracic manual therapy, Sham glenohumeral manual therapy, Therapeutic exercise.

What condition does NCT04440046 study?

NCT04440046 studies Shoulder Pain.

Is NCT04440046 still recruiting?

NCT04440046 is currently completed. Last updated 29 June 2021.

Last reviewed 2021-06-29 · How we verify

NCT04440046

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Real Versus Sham Manual Therapy for RCRSP

Completed NA Last updated 29 June 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Manual therapy thoracic spine in Shoulder Pain in 45 participants. Completed in 18 April 2021.

Timeline

15 December 2020

Primary endpoint
18 April 2021

18 April 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Alcala
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	45
Start date	15 December 2020
Primary completion	18 April 2021
Estimated completion	18 April 2021
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

Manual therapy thoracic spine
Manual therapy glenohumeral joint
Sham thoracic manual therapy
Sham glenohumeral manual therapy
Therapeutic exercise

Conditions studied

Shoulder Pain — all drugs for Shoulder Pain →

Sponsor

University of Alcala

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Shoulder Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

A convenience sample of subjects with RCRSP recruited through announcements at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla will be treated with an exercise program with sham or real manual therapy for 5 weeks. The hypothesis of the present study is that the addition of manual therapy to a therapeutic exercise program produces better benefits in comparison to the same exercise program with sham manual therapy procedures in the management of patients with RCRSP.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Real versus Sham Manual Therapy in Addition to Therapeutic Exercise in the Treatment of Non-Specific Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Naranjo-Cinto F, Cerón-Cordero AI, Figueroa-Padilla C, Galindo-Paz D, et al · · 2022 · cited 10× · PMID 35956009 · DOI 10.3390/jcm11154395

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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)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04440046 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Alcala
Last refreshed: 29 June 2021

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