PCT of Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain : A Pilot Study

Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Pharmacopuncture Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain : A Pilot Study

This is pilot study for a 2-arm parallel pragmatic randomized controlled trial that will compare pharmacopuncture therapy and physical therapy for chronic low back pain.

This is a pragmatic RCT, so the physicians will choose the type and volume of pharmacopuncture and the type and time of physical therapy according to participants' conditions, respectively.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. low back pain for more than 6 months
2. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of low back pain is more than 5
3. 19-70 years old
4. participants who agreed and wrote informed consents

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Migration of cancer reaching to spine, fracture of spine
2. Progressive neurologic deficits or severe neurologic deficits
3. Cancer, fibromyalgia, RA, or goat
4. Stroke, MI, kidney disease, dimentia, diabetic neuropathy, or epilepsy
5. Participants taking steroid, immunosuppressant, or psychotropic medication
6. Hemorrhagic disease, severe diabetes or taking anticoagulant drug
7. Participants who took NSAIDs or pharmacopuncture within 1 week
8. Pregnant or lactating women
9. Participants who had undergone cervical surgery within 3 months
10. Participants who had participated in other clinical trial within 1 month, or have plan for participation in other trial during follow up period of this trial
11. Participants who can not write informed consent
12. Participants who is difficult to participate in the trial according to investigator's decision