fMRI Study of Expectancy on Acupuncture Treatment Outcomes in Knee OA

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01040754

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Official title

An fMRI Study of Expectancy on Acupuncture Treatment Outcomes in Knee OA

Brief summary

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The results of the proposed experiments will directly inform clinicians who treat patients with osteoarthritis of the knee about how to maximize the benefits of acupuncture treatments. And because the experiments specifically asks the question of what is the relation between a patient's expectation of how a treatment will relieve their pain and the outcome of the treatment, the results will potentially inform care givers about all treatments for osteoarthritis and other chronic pain disorders. We hypothesize that acupuncture treatment will produce clinically significant analgesia as indicated by lowered sensory ratings of noxious stimuli and endogenous knee pain.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT01040754
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital; Other
Enrollment: 144 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Acupuncture Other

Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 40 Years to 70 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date: Jun 2009 (Type not available)
Primary completion: Oct 2015 (Actual)
Completion: Feb 2016 (Actual)
Last update posted: Mar 14, 2016

2009 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Massachusetts General Hospital	Charlestown	Massachusetts	02129	—

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