Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Safety of JHG002 for Chronic Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Jaseng Medical Foundation

Conditions:

Temporomandibular Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is a 2-arm parallel, assessor blinded, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial.

Detailed Description

From 2 hospitals of Korean medicine, we will enrol 82 chronic TMD patients in Axis 1, Group Ⅰ according to RDC/TMD diagnostic criteria, and randomly allocate 41 patients each to an HPP group and a phy...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with unilateral or bilateral TMJ pain
  • Patients with VAS≥40mm for the area showing TMJ pain (for patients with bilateral pain, the side with worse pain)
  • Patients complaining of persistent of sporadic TMJ pain for at least 3 months
  • Patients diagnosed as myofascial TMD (Axis I: Group 1) based on the RDC/TMD diagnostic criteria\[5\]
  • Patients aged 19-70 years on the date they sign the consent form
  • Patients who provide consent to participate in the trial and return the informed consent form

Exclusion

  • Patients whose current pain episode developed or worsened because of a road traffic accident or traumatic injury
  • Patients diagnosed in Group 2 or 3 of Axis I based on the RDC/TMD diagnostic criteria
  • Patients who have undergone surgery related to the TMJ
  • Patients with other chronic disease that could interfere with interpretation of the treatment effects or outcomes (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, neoplastic disease, stroke, or myocardial infarction)
  • Patients currently taking steroids, immunosuppressants, psychiatric drugs, or other drugs that could affect the study results
  • Patients who have received HPP within the last month, or who have taken drugs that could affect pain, such as NSAIDs, within the last week
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Patients who have finished participation in another clinical trial within the last month, who participated in another trial within 6 months of selection, or who are planning to participate in another clinical trial during the follow-up period
  • Patients with a history of hypersensitivity after HPP
  • Diabetic patients with uncontrolled blood glucose (fasting blood glucose ≥180mg/dl)
  • Patients with AST (GOT) or ALT (GPT) at least 2 times the normal range at the testing centre
  • Patients with creatinine at least 2 times the normal range at the testing centre
  • Patients suspected to have organic disease
  • Patients with cardiac, hepatic, renal, or other serious complications
  • Patients with psychogenic disease
  • Patients who are unable to receive pharmacopuncture due to e.g., inflammation or a wound at the relevant acupoints
  • Other patients whose participation in the trial is judged by a researcher to be problematic

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 17 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 21 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

82 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04087005

Start Date

October 17 2019

End Date

July 21 2020

Last Update

June 2 2021

Active Locations (2)

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Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

Seoul, Gangnam-Gu, South Korea, 135-896

2

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

Seoul, South Korea