# Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy to the Pharmacological Treatment in Patients With Chronic Pain in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: a Three Armed Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial

> **NCT01398930** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National and Kapodistrian University of Athens** · enrollment: 120 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Knee Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** acupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01398930
- **Lead sponsor:** National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-09
- **Primary completion:** 2008-07
- **Final completion:** 2008-07
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-07-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01398930

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01398930, "Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy to the Pharmacological Treatment in Patients With Chronic Pain in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: a Three Armed Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01398930. Licensed CC0.

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