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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04559958
Other study ID # CMPRG8H0691
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2018
Est. completion date August 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date September 2018
Source Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The Automatic Tongue Diagnosis System (ATDS) was developed to capture tongue images and extract features reliably to assist the diagnosis of traditional chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners.This project will employ the ATDS verified to extract the tongue features of patients with chronic kidney disease. A TCM indices derived through the non-intrusive tongue diagnosis procedure can provide valuable information for clinical doctors to analyze the current status of a patient and dynamically schedule a treatment plan, facilitating early detection and diagnosis of chronic kidney disease.


Description:

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global financial and medical burden, because its high morbidity and mortality. Tongue diagnosis is an important diagnostic tool in traditional Chinese medicine. However, tongue diagnosis often biased by subjective judgements and environmental factors. The automatic tongue diagnosis system can noninvasively capture tongue images, automatically correct any lighting and color deviation and analyze tongue manifestations.

This protocol is a cross-sectional, case-controlled observational study investigating the tongue features of non-dialysis CKD and end-stage renal disease patients by using the noninvasive ATDS. CKD patients who meets inclusion and exclusion criteria will be enrolled. Participants will be divided into 3 groups according to their renal function and accept dialysis or not, including a non-dialysis CKD group, end stage renal disease (ESRD) group and control group. Tongue images will be captured and 9 tongue features including tongue shape, tongue color, fur thickness, fur color, saliva, tongue fissure, ecchymosis, tooth mark, and red dots will be extracted and analyzed by ATDS.

This protocol aims to apply noninvasive ATDS to analyze tongue features of CKD patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 120
Est. completion date August 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date August 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 20 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

The patients will be included if they meet the following criteria:

1. age over 20 years old

2. The person who volunteered to participate this research and signed the agreement of institutional review board.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant women

2. Patients with acute infection

3. The person who has cancer with brain metastasis and present with cognitive dysfunction such as dementia or delirium

4. unable to protrude the tongue stably

5. Patients with risk of temporomandibular joint dislocation

6. Those who did not sign the agreement of institutional review board

Study Design


Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
tongue image
capture tongue images by Automatic Tongue Diagnosis System

Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (18)

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Lo LC, Cheng TL, Chen YJ, Natsagdorj S, Chiang JY. TCM tongue diagnosis index of early-stage breast cancer. Complement Ther Med. 2015 Oct;23(5):705-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.07.001. Epub 2015 Jul 10. — View Citation

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Tsai MH, Hsu CY, Lin MY, Yen MF, Chen HH, Chiu YH, Hwang SJ. Incidence, Prevalence, and Duration of Chronic Kidney Disease in Taiwan: Results from a Community-Based Screening Program of 106,094 Individuals. Nephron. 2018;140(3):175-184. doi: 10.1159/00049 — View Citation

Xiong W, He FF, You RY, Xiong J, Wang YM, Zhang C, Meng XF, Su H. Acupuncture Application in Chronic Kidney Disease and its Potential Mechanisms. Am J Chin Med. 2018;46(6):1169-1185. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X18500611. Review. — View Citation

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* Note: There are 18 references in allClick here to view all references

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Tongue features diagnosed by the Automatic Tongue Diagnosis System (ATDS) day 1
Secondary serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) renal function test day 1
Secondary serum creatinine renal function test day 1
Secondary eGFR eGFR is calculated by using the Modi?cation of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation day 1
Secondary hemoglobin evaluate anemia day 1
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