Vedic Medical Astrology in Essential Hypertension

Essential Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Vedic Medical Astrology in Essential Hypertension: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03803306
• Other study ID #: NMP 2172
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 12, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 6, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Previous studies have explored the correlation and impact of astrological events in relation of diseases, health concerns and relationship between birth chart and disease risk. Cardiovascular conditions, sleep and fertility were found significantly associated with moon phase. However, to best of our knowledge no study has documented the impact of astrological intervention in disease management.

This is a randomised, multi-center, double blind placebo controlled clinical trial with two parallel arms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Vedic medical astrological intervention for patients with mild to moderate hypertension,with respect to decreasing their blood pressure and improving their quality of life.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: January 6, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 35 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients age between 35 and 60 years old, male and female;

• Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria of essential hypertension (

• Patients taking antihypertensive drugs under the supervision of physicians.

• Patients having understanding of our study and willing to comply with astrological protocol.

• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have been diagnosed as secondary hypertension or malignant hypertension

• Patients with comorbid conditions

• Patients with a chronic disease associated or psychiatric conditions which might not suitable for the study

• Patients who had been treated with any other alternative or complementary medicine during the previous three months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Essential Hypertension
• Hypertension

Intervention

Combination Product:
• Vedic Medical Astrology
Individualised astrological based interventions were given including vedic counselling, diet, colors, gems, mantras and the worship deities as an adjuvent to ongoing conventional treatments

Other:
• Placebo vedic medical astrology (PMA)
Conventional treatments were followed with counselling and diet suggestions. astrological interventions were not incorporated during the study phase.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	NMP Medical Reserach Institute	Jaipur	Rajasthan

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NMP Medical Research Institute	Swamigal Trust for Vedic Science, India, Warwick Research Services (UK) Ltd

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Average systolic and average diastolic blood pressure	Blood pressure measured by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring	change from baseline to 12-weeks
Secondary	Changes in patients Quality of life	Health-related quality of life measure by S36	change from baseline to 12-weeks