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NCT04981171
Electro-thumbtack Needle Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain
NA trial testing Electro-thumbtack Needle Therapy in Neck Pain in 180 participants. Status unknown.
31 December 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Shi Hangyu |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Status unknown |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | triple |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 180 |
| Start date | 3 April 2022 |
| Primary completion | 31 December 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 31 December 2023 |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Electro-thumbtack Needle Therapy
- Sham electro-thumbtack needle therapy
Conditions studied
- Neck Pain — all drugs for Neck Pain →
Sponsor
Shi Hangyu
Who can join
Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Neck Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This prospective trial will be a single-center, participant-blinded, randomized controlled trial. It is reported in previous studies that both acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation are effective in reducing neck pain comparing to placebo or exercise. Taking into account the convenience of electro-thumbtack needle therapy shown in clinical practice, this study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electro-thumbtack needle therapy for alleviating chronic neck pain compared with sham electro-thumbtack needle therapy.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Efficacy and Safety of Electro-Thumbtack Needle Therapy for Patients With Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial.
Shi H, Wang X, Yan Y, Zhu L, et al · · 2022 · cited 2× · PMID 35572961 · DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.872362
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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 NCT04981171 (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 Shi Hangyu
- Last refreshed: 31 March 2022
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