Clinical Trial: Cupping in Fibromyalgia

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial: The Effectiveness of Cupping in Patients With Fibromyalgia

Brief Summary: The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to determine the effectiveness of cupping in patients with fibromyalgia compared to sham cupping.

Detailed Summary: see above
Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Current Primary Outcome: Pain Intensity [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]

Pain on a 100mm visual analog scale


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Pain Intensity [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]
    Pain intensity measured on a 100mm visual analog scale
  • Fatigue [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    Fatigue measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) (Smets, Garssen, Bonke et al., 1995
  • Fatigue [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]
    Fatigue measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) (Smets, Garssen, Bonke et al., 1995
  • Sleep Quality [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al. 1989)
  • Sleep Quality [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]
    measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al. 1989)
  • Quality of life [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    measured by the SF-36 (Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998)
  • Quality of life [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]
    measured by the SF-36 (Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998)
  • Medication [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    measured by a medication log, daily entering of used drugs
  • adverse events [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    all adverse events
  • Pressure pain sensitivity [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    using an electronic algometer (Somedic, Sweden) to determine threshold of pain perception on predefined muscles
  • Disability [ Time Frame: Day 18 ]
    measured by the FI (fibromyalgia impact questionnaire) (Offenbaecher, Waltz, Schoeps , 2000)
  • Disability [ Time Frame: Day 200 ]
    measured by the FI (fibromyalgia impact questionnaire) (Offenbaecher, Waltz, Schoeps , 2000)


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Dates:
Date Received: July 3, 2012
Date Started: June 2012
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 21, 2015
Last Verified: April 2015