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Acupoint Application With Yanqing Zhitong Ointment for Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
Sponsor: ZhanYJ
Summary
This is a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial, recruiting 150 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. The patients will be randomly assigned either to Yanqing Zhitong Ointment acupoint application group (Treatment Group) or the acupuncture group (Control Group) in a 1:1 ratio.
Official title: Effect of Acupoint Application With Yanqing Zhitong Ointment for Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
150
Start Date
2022-07-01
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2025-05-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Yanqing Zhitong Ointment Acupoint application
Yanqing Zhitong Ointment is a traditional external preparation of experiential prescription, which is an extract made by water extraction and concentration of Qingfengteng, Corydalis yanhusuo, Interleukin, Kansui, Asarum, etc. Clinical studies in the past ten years have preliminarily shown that it has the effects of warming meridians, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, and has a definite effect.
Acupuncture
The main acupoints are Ashi points, Shenshu (BL23), Guanyuanshu (BL26). There are three sessions per week with each session lasting for 20 min. There will be 4 weeks of treatment for each participant in total.
Locations (1)
Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shanghai, China