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Bringing Acute and Wellness Care to Underserved Populations Using Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Chicago College of Oriental Medicine

Status and phase

Unknown
Early Phase 1

Conditions

Traditional Chinese Medicine
Pain Management

Treatments

Other: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
Other U.S. Federal agency
Industry

Identifiers

NCT01059487
HS-10-003 CEG
GRANT10504752 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

At a time when there is so much focus in the United States on reducing the cost of health care delivery while maximizing the effectiveness of health care performance, Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, herbal treatment, and accessory techniques) offers decision makers a tantalizing option. Traditional Chinese Medicine differs from its biomedical counterpart in that it is highly portable, inexpensive to administer, relies on a conversational diagnostic inquiry system to arrive at differential diagnosis for its patients, and has very few reported side effects associated with treatment. The World Health Organization cites acupuncture has a proven and effective treatment for 28 diseases/disorders including stroke, pain management issues and rheumatoid arthritis; the WHO lists another over 65 diseases for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed including alcohol dependence, cancer pain and diabetes mellitus. With the completion of this pragmatic clinical trial and introduction of the Constant Care method of health care delivery to underserved communities on Chicago's south side, the investigators can both utilize an effective plan of health care delivery, advance the research needed to effectively utilize Traditional Chinese Medicine as a low cost therapeutic option in this country, and successfully treat disenfranchised populations that have been traditionally overlooked and that deserve a better health and wellness care future.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults age 21 and over

Exclusion criteria

  • Children
  • Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

0 participants in 1 patient group

Traditional Chinese Medicine
Other group
Description:
Assessing efficacy of treating subjects/patients with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by administering SF-36v2 and PIQ-6 surveys to subjects/patients to create a baseline and then re-assessing quality of life achieved through TCM treatments by administering follow-up SF-12v2 and PIQ-6 surveys every four weeks
Treatment:
Other: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Jeannette Hoyt

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