{
  "api_version": "1",
  "request": {
    "url": "https://clinicaltrialsfind.com/api/v1/search.json?intervention=Trigger+point+dry+needling&page=2",
    "query": {
      "intervention": "Trigger point dry needling",
      "page": 2
    },
    "page_size": 10
  },
  "pagination": {
    "page": 2,
    "page_size": 10,
    "total_count": 10,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "next_page_url": null,
    "previous_page_url": "https://clinicaltrialsfind.com/api/v1/search.json?intervention=Trigger+point+dry+needling&page=1&page_size=10"
  },
  "source": "remote",
  "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
  "attribution": "Data derived from public ClinicalTrials.gov records. The official record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ remains the source of truth for current availability, contacts, and full study details.",
  "notes": [
    "This endpoint exposes only public summary fields — no participant contact emails, phone numbers, or scraped investigator contact details.",
    "For contact information and full protocol detail, follow each trial's `official_url` to the ClinicalTrials.gov record.",
    "This API is a navigational aid. It does not provide medical advice, eligibility determinations, or compensation guarantees."
  ],
  "trials": [
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT07133139",
      "title": "Treatment Validation for Myofascial Pain",
      "overall_status": "RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)",
        "Myofacial Pain"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry Needling",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sham Dry Needling",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        },
        {
          "name": "NUN Biomarker",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DEVICE",
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Ajay Wasan, MD, Msc",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "20 Years",
        "maximum_age": "70 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "20 Years to 70 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 80,
      "start_date": "2025-10-06",
      "completion_date": "2027-08-31",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2025-12-24",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Pittsburgh",
          "state": "Pennsylvania"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07133139"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT02333617",
      "title": "Manual Therapy to Treat Gluteus Medius Trigger Points",
      "overall_status": "TERMINATED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome",
        "Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry Needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Soft Tissue Mobilization",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Placebo Control",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Hip and core strengthening exercises",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Mitchell Selhorst",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "13 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "13 Years and older"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 3,
      "start_date": "2015-01",
      "completion_date": "2017-12",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2018-01-24",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Columbus, Ohio",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Columbus",
          "state": "Ohio"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02333617"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03580200",
      "title": "Effects of Deep Trigger Point Dry Needling on Strength Measurements of the Gluteus Medius Musculature",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Trigger Point",
        "Muscle Weakness"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Trigger Point Dry Needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Emily Slaven, PT, PhD",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "50 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 50 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 40,
      "start_date": "2018-12-17",
      "completion_date": "2019-05-31",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2019-09-26",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Cincinnati, Ohio",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Cincinnati",
          "state": "Ohio"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03580200"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03861923",
      "title": "Dry Needling for Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis",
      "overall_status": "TERMINATED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis",
        "Shoulder Pain",
        "Frozen Shoulder"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sham Dry Needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Therapeutic Exercise",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Duke University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "65 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 65 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 10,
      "start_date": "2020-10-13",
      "completion_date": "2024-01-18",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-03-05",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Durham, North Carolina",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Durham",
          "state": "North Carolina"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03861923"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT02890485",
      "title": "The Effects of Dry Needling on Patients With Knee Pain",
      "overall_status": "RECRUITING",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome",
        "Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry Needling",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sham Dry Needling",
          "type": "DEVICE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Physical Therapy",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DEVICE",
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Ohio State University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "40 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 40 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 120,
      "start_date": "2016-08",
      "completion_date": "2030-12",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-02-25",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Columbus, Ohio",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Columbus",
          "state": "Ohio"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02890485"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT03630172",
      "title": "Dry Needling at the Thoracolumbar Junction on Measures of Sympathetic Outflow and Flexibility",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Low Back Pain"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry needling",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "PROCEDURE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Nova Southeastern University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": false,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "70 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 70 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 54,
      "start_date": "2018-09-15",
      "completion_date": "2019-08-10",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2019-08-28",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Kensington, Maryland",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Kensington",
          "state": "Maryland"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03630172"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT07384247",
      "title": "Trigger Point Dry Needling With and Without Electrical Stimulation in Healthy Subjects",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "People With Identified Painful Trigger Points (Tp) Within the Soleus and Gastrocnemius Muscles Complex",
        "Healthy Subjects or Volunteers"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry needling with electrical stimulation",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Dry needling",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Electrical stimulation",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sham",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "PROCEDURE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "University of Rhode Island",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "55 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 55 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 40,
      "start_date": "2023-01-02",
      "completion_date": "2023-04-30",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-02-03",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Kingston, Rhode Island",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Kingston",
          "state": "Rhode Island"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07384247"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT02352532",
      "title": "Using Structural Health Monitoring to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Injury in U.S. Service Members- Phase 2",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Low Back Pain"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry Needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sham Needling",
          "type": "OTHER"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Baylor University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "65 Years",
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years to 65 Years"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 90,
      "start_date": "2015-01",
      "completion_date": "2016-08",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2017-07-21",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Fort Sam Houston, Texas",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Fort Sam Houston",
          "state": "Texas"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02352532"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT06803056",
      "title": "QUANTIFY: Quantitative Understanding of Advanced Novel Techniques for Imaging Fasciitis and Yielding Biomarkers",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Plantar Fasciopathy",
        "Achilles Tendinopathy",
        "Controls"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Clinical exam",
          "type": "DIAGNOSTIC_TEST"
        },
        {
          "name": "Ultrasound imaging",
          "type": "DIAGNOSTIC_TEST"
        },
        {
          "name": "Magnetic Resonance Imaging",
          "type": "DIAGNOSTIC_TEST"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "DIAGNOSTIC_TEST"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Ruth Chimenti",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": null,
        "sex": "ALL",
        "summary": "18 Years and older"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 106,
      "start_date": "2025-05-22",
      "completion_date": "2026-06-29",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2026-07-02",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Iowa City, Iowa",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Iowa City",
          "state": "Iowa"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06803056"
    },
    {
      "nct_id": "NCT02087969",
      "title": "Triceps Surae Trigger Point Size and Muscle Extensibility",
      "overall_status": "COMPLETED",
      "study_type": "INTERVENTIONAL",
      "phases": [
        "NA"
      ],
      "conditions": [
        "Limited Dorsiflexion",
        "Limited Ankle Range of Motion"
      ],
      "interventions": [
        {
          "name": "Dry Needling",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        },
        {
          "name": "Stretching",
          "type": "PROCEDURE"
        }
      ],
      "intervention_types": [
        "PROCEDURE"
      ],
      "sponsor": "Duke University",
      "sponsor_class": "OTHER",
      "healthy_volunteers": true,
      "eligibility": {
        "minimum_age": "18 Years",
        "maximum_age": "30 Years",
        "sex": "MALE",
        "summary": "18 Years to 30 Years · Male only"
      },
      "enrollment_count": 30,
      "start_date": "2014-04",
      "completion_date": "2015-01",
      "has_results": false,
      "last_update_posted_date": "2017-12-15",
      "last_synced_at": "2026-09-27T00:22:27.158Z",
      "location_count": 1,
      "location_summary": "Durham, North Carolina",
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "Durham",
          "state": "North Carolina"
        }
      ],
      "official_url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02087969"
    }
  ]
}