The Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of East-West collaborative medicine on chronic cervical pain.

Detailed Description
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Design: This is a randomized, controlled study. Participants: 45 participants with chronic cervical pain are recruited and randomly assigned to three groups. Intervention: Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Official Title
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Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain: a Pilot Study

Conditions
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Chronic Neck Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: acupuncture


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: - presence of Chronic neck pain Exclusion Criteria: Cancer Spinal infection ankylosing spondylosis myelopathy moderate hypertension or more serious mental disease other skeletomuscular disease history of operation or acupuncture treatment about spinal disease

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 25 Years
Maximum Age: 55 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: medication(Zaltoprofen)<br> | Procedure: acupuncture<br>* Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks<br>* Other names: Zaltoprofen;|
| Active Comparator: Acupuncture<br> | Procedure: acupuncture<br>* Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks<br>* Other names: Zaltoprofen;|
| Active Comparator: Zalprofen plus Acupuncture<br> | Procedure: acupuncture<br>* Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks<br>* Other names: Zaltoprofen;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pain Scores on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) |  | 7 week | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neck disability index | Neck disability index : questionnaire for measuring how much neck pain affects ability of daily activities | 7 week | 
| Beck depression inventory | Beck depression inventory : for assessing depression | 7 week | 
| SF-36 | questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life | 7 week | 
| EQ-5D(EuroQol-5 dimension) | questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life | 7 week | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cervical pain, Neck pain, western medicine, oriental medicine, acupuncture, needle