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Interaction Between Patient and Healthcare Provider: Response to Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00059345

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Official title

The Impact of Patient-Provider Interaction on Response to Acupuncture

Brief summary

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Interactions between patients and healthcare providers may have a significant impact on a patient's response to therapy. In this study, patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee will receive either acupuncture or sham acupuncture. The acupuncturists will be trained to interact with the patients in specific ways. The study will evaluate those interactions.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00059345
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
639 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
50 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2002
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2006
Completion
Jul 31, 2006
Last update posted
Nov 17, 2013

2002 – 2006

United States locations

U.S. sites
2
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas 77030
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas 77030

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