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| Name | Class |
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| Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong | OTHER |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bee venom acupuncture on pain intensity, functional status and quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Bee Venom Acupuncture & Loxoprofen | Experimental |
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| Sham Bee Venom Acupuncture & Loxoprofen | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy | Procedure | Bee Venom 1:20,000 under BVA Increment Protocol Increment Protocol as
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual Analogue Scale for bothersomeness | Changes from baseline in VAS at 1 month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity | Changes from baseline in VAS at 1 month | |
| Disability scores on Oswestry Disability Index | Changes from baseline in ODI at 1 month | |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Byung-Kwan Seo | Contact | 82-2-440-7482 | seohbk@hanmail.net |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jun-Hwan Lee | Spine Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong | Principal Investigator |
| Byung-Kwan Seo | Spine Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Spine Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong | Recruiting | Seoul | 134-727 | South Korea |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 23317340 | Derived | Seo BK, Lee JH, Sung WS, Song EM, Jo DJ. Bee venom acupuncture for the treatment of chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Jan 14;14:16. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-16. |
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| C040656 | loxoprofen |
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| Loxoprofen | Drug | 60 mg/Tab, pers os 1Tab tid, for 3 weeks |
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| Placebo | Procedure | Normal Saline (0.9% NaCl) under NS Increment Protocol Increment Protocol as
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| Quality of Life scores on EQ-5D |
| Changes from baseline in EQ-5D at 1 month |
| Depression scores on Beck Depression Inventory | Changes from baseline in BDI at 1 month |
| Dae-Jin Cho |
| Spine Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong |
| Study Director |