# Safety of Acupuncture Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults

> **NCT03850717** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC** · enrollment: 500 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Older Adults

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** acupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03850717
- **Lead sponsor:** McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-12-31
- **Primary completion:** 2018-12-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-02-20
- **Target enrollment:** 500 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-02-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03850717

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03850717, "Safety of Acupuncture Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03850717. Licensed CC0.

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