Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0360186487
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine if adding acupuncture to back education and fitness classes significantly reduces disability in those with low back pain compared to back education and fitness alone or back education and fitness plus sham acupuncture.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled pilot study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal Diseases: back pain
Intervention
Acupuncture in addition to back education and fitness classes
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Oswestry Low Back Pain disability Questionnaire
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
26/06/2006
Overall trial end date
01/04/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All individuals over the age of 18 with diagnosed non-specific chronic low pack pain referred to the back fitness and education group at the North Hampshire Hospital
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
26/06/2006
Recruitment end date
01/04/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Basingstoke
RG24 9NA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary