Electrical Acupuncture and Laser Therapy for Low Back Pain | NCT00779818

Studies
Electrical Acupuncture and Laser Therapy for Low Back Pain

NCT00779818

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status

Unknown status

Last Update Posted

Oct 24, 2008Estimated

Enrollment

40Estimated

Phase

Phase 1Phase 2

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Electrical acupuncture
Laser

Countries

United States

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Oct 2008

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Unknown status

Last Known Status

Recruiting

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Oct 2008

Primary Completion Date

Jan 2009Estimated

Completion Date

Jan 2009Estimated

First Submitted Date

Oct 23, 2008

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Oct 23, 2008

First Posted Date

Oct 24, 2008Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Oct 23, 2008

Last Update Posted Date

Oct 24, 2008Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

This is a treatment for low back pain using electrical stimulation and laser for 6 weeks.

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of electroacupuncture and laser therapy to treat chronic low back pain.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

40Estimated

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Group 1	Experimental	Treatment by electrical acupuncture	Device: Electrical acupuncture
Group 2	Experimental	Treatment by laser	Device: Laser

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Electrical acupuncture	Device	Treatment by electrical acupuncture	Group 1

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Measure: Low Back Pain Disability Index, VAS Questionnaire, Revised Oswestry Pain Questionnaire		Before treatment and every two weeks for six weeks.

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Low back pain for over 6 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals with cancer
Tuberculosis
Pacemakers
Pregnancy
Osteoporosis
Heart disease
Kidney failure
Thyroid disorders
Diabetes
Chronic disease
Neurological diseases
Skin or bleeding disorders
Currently taking drugs or medications
A health history questionnaire will be used to screen subjects

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

20 Years

Maximum Age

60 Years

Standard Ages

Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Extension	Email
John Zhang, MD, PhD	Contact	636-230-1920		john.zhang@logan.edu

Overall Officials

Not provided

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Logan College of Chiropractic	Recruiting	Chesterfield	Missouri	63006	United States

Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D007834	Lasers

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D055096	Optical Devices
D004864	Equipment and Supplies
D055618	Radiation Equipment and Supplies

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