Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:24 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:24 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03571503
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Inpatients with radiating leg pain distal to the gluteal fold with or without low back pain (LBP)
* Patients with onset of radiating leg pain occurrence within the last six months, and current pain intensity of numeric rating scale (NRS) ≥5
* Patients with disc protrusion or extrusion at the neural segment level with significant correlations with the radiating leg pain symptoms as identified on L-spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
* Patients with plans of receiving Korean medicine treatment for herniated lumbar disc (HLD) through hospitalized care
* Patients who give voluntary written informed consent to study participation
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with other systemic diseases that may interfere with treatment effect or outcome interpretation
* Surgery and surgical procedure in the last three weeks in areas of clinical relevance as a result of HLD
* Patients with soft tissue pathologies or pathologies of non-spinal origin that may cause LBP or radiating leg pain (e.g. spinal tumor, rheumatoid arthritis)
* Patients for whom acupuncture treatment may be inappropriate or unsafe (e.g. hemorrhagic diseases, blood clotting disorders, history of anti-coagulation medicine intake, serious diabetes with risk of infection, severe cardiovascular diseases, or other conditions deemed unsuitable for acupuncture treatment)
* Pregnant patients or patients planning pregnancy
* Patients with serious psychological disorders
* Participating in other clinical studies other than observational studies
* Patients unable to fill out study participation consent form
* Subjects deemed unsuitable for study participation as assessed by the researchers
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
19 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT03571503
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03571503