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Study NCT ID:
NCT00071149
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2006-08-18
First Post:
2003-10-14
Brief Title:
Consistency of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnoses and Herbal Prescriptions for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sponsor:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Organization:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Study Overview
Official Title:
Consistency of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis and Herbal Prescriptions
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2006-07
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM make diagnoses based solely on clinical symptoms This study will evaluate whether TCM practitioners make diagnoses consistently
Detailed Description:
TCM is one of the oldest and most widely-used indigenous medical systems in the world It is difficult to effectively practice or evaluate TCM outside of its core framework which includes a diagnostic system that is more conceptual and less technologically driven than that of conventional medicine TCM diagnosis relies entirely on clinical symptoms and signs that are discerned by the practitioner The establishment of diagnostic and prescriptive consistency is crucial for efficacy studies involving individualized treatments within the TCM framework This study will examine the consistency of TCM diagnoses and herbal prescriptions under controlled conditions
Rheumatoid arthritis RA patients will be individually evaluated by three TCM practitioners the diagnostic and prescriptive behaviors of the practitioners will be recorded and analyzed to determine 1 the extent to which two or more TCM practitioners assign comparable TCM diagnoses to the same RA patients 2 the extent to which two or more TCM practitioners prescribe comparable herbal formulas to the same RA patients and 3 the extent to which TCM diagnoses are related to conventional clinical assessments and biomedical tests of RA Variables that cause inconsistency will be identified and analyzed
Rheumatoid arthritis RA patients will be individually evaluated by three TCM practitioners the diagnostic and prescriptive behaviors of the practitioners will be recorded and analyzed to determine 1 the extent to which two or more TCM practitioners assign comparable TCM diagnoses to the same RA patients 2 the extent to which two or more TCM practitioners prescribe comparable herbal formulas to the same RA patients and 3 the extent to which TCM diagnoses are related to conventional clinical assessments and biomedical tests of RA Variables that cause inconsistency will be identified and analyzed
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None