Compliance of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Young Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

Chengdu PLA General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

Treatments: Other: patient-tailored anti-arthritis herbs; Other: patient-tailored DMARDs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02260323

CT20141003

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the compliance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in young people with Chronic rheumatic disease

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• were between 18 and 35 years of age
• without use of TCM in the previous 3 months
• and had a Steinbrocker functional status of class I, II, or III

Exclusion criteria

• previous general health conditions disallowed their use of TCM
• were pregnant
• lack of motivation, remote from home, time-consuming,intervention, or other personal difficulties

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

patient-tailored anti-arthritis herbs

Experimental group

Description:

patient use tailored anti-arthritis herbs

Treatment:

Other: patient-tailored anti-arthritis herbs

patient-tailored DMARDs

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients use tailored DMARDs

Treatment:

Other: patient-tailored DMARDs