Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:01 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:01 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00629161
Brief Summary:
This study was designed to evaluate the symptomatic effects or potential disease progression slowing down effect of a kind of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Mixture in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. The treatment phase includes 12 months period of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Mixture per day or placebo and 1 month wash-out period without herbal medicine and placebo.
Detailed Description:
The design of the study was a prospective, randomized, multicenter, double-blind placebo-controlled protocol. The intervention includes Traditional Chinese Medicinal Mixture tid or matched placebo.
Participating study centers include Neurological University Outpatient Clinics and Neurological Departments of Community-based Hospitals experienced with PD patients.
The primary outcome measure was the combined Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS).
The hypothesis of this study was that Traditional Chinese Medicinal Mixture improves the overall wellbeing of PD patients and thus may leads to an improvement of parkinsonian symptoms in PD patients.
Study:
NCT00629161
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00629161