Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Hugh MacPherson
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Health Sciences
Seebohm Rowntree Area 3
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
hm18@york.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
AOK
Study hypothesis
That a full-scale randomised controlled trial is feasible, and that the design can be optimised on the basis of the pilot
Ethics approval
York Local Research Ethics Committee (reference no.:06/Q1108/30), approval received on 09/06/2006.
Study design
A pilot for a randomised controlled trial.
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Osteoarthritis of the knee
Intervention
Group one: acupuncture plus usual General Practitioner (GP) care
Group two: usual GP care alone
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
The impact of acupuncture on osteoarthritis of the knee will be measured using the WOMAC™ knee and hip osteoarthritis index, the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the Oxford knee score
Secondary outcome measures
Quality of life will be assessed using the EuroQOL 5D Instrument (EQ-5D)
Overall trial start date
01/07/2006
Overall trial end date
31/12/2008
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients over 50 years old who have consulted in primary care with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee and are experiencing ongoing pain and stiffness in the knee
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
30
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Currently receiving acupuncture
2. Pending litigation related to the knee
3. Under cancer care review
4. Haemophilia
5. Rheumatoid arthritis
6. Total knee or hip surgery on the affected side
Recruitment start date
01/07/2006
Recruitment end date
31/12/2008
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Health Sciences
York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of York (UK)
Sponsor details
Research Support Office
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
smf3@york.ac.uk
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council Health Services Research Collaboration, Research Initiative Grant (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
2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852841
Publication citations
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Results
Lansdown H, Howard K, Brealey S, MacPherson H, Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: a pilot study for an open parallel-arm randomised controlled trial., BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2009, 10, 130, doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-130.