# Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults Using Auricular Point Acupressure

> **NCT03589703** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston** · enrollment: 272 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Low Back Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Target ear points related to chronic low back pain (T-APA)
- **OTHER:** Non-Target ear Points not related to chronic low back pain (NT-APA)
- **OTHER:** Enhanced Educational Control Group (CG-2)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03589703
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12-06
- **Final completion:** 2023-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 272 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-24

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03589703

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03589703, "Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults Using Auricular Point Acupressure". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03589703. Licensed CC0.

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