Clinical Trial: Randomized, Blinded, Sham-controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Management of Joint Pain in Patients With Psoriasis

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Randomized, Blinded, Sham-controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Management of Joint Pain in Patients With Psoriasis

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is helpful for patients with joint pain associated with psoriasis

Detailed Summary: In this study, patients with psoriasis and joint pain will receive either real acupuncture or sham acupuncture to see if acupuncture can be an effective treatment of joint pain in patients with psoriasis.
Sponsor: University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Pain measured on the VAS [ Time Frame: From day 0 to day 60 of the trial ]
    Patients will record their level of pain in a journal each day, ranging from 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is worst possible pain.
  • Improvement in life quality measured with the DLQI (Dermatology Life Quality Index) [ Time Frame: From day 0 to day 60 of the study period ]
    On day 0, 30 and 60 the patients will fill out a simple questionnaire with 10 questions concerning their life quality


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Approvement in skin lesions [ Time Frame: From day 0 to day 60 of the study period ]

At each of the 3 control visits the patients will be asked if their psoriatic skin lesions have become better from the acupuncture, and if they say yes, how much better? Minimal improvement, moderate improvement og big improvement?


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

Dates:
Date Received: January 26, 2014
Date Started: October 2014
Date Completion: December 2017
Last Updated: November 28, 2016
Last Verified: November 2016