Ethnopharmacological Studies in Oral Medicine

Oral Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ethnopharmacological Studies in Oral Medicine

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00200837
• Other study ID #: K08AT000987-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 13, 2005
• Last updated: March 27, 2007
• Start date: March 2002
• Est. completion date: February 2007

Study information

• Verified date: March 2007
• Source: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

These are ethnomedicine studies of plants used by rural and indigenous peoples for pain and oral inflammation relief.

Description:

These are ethnomedicine studies of plants used by rural and indigenous peoples for pain relief in Central and South America.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: February 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who use plants to relieve oral pain, inflammations, ulcers, and tumors

Study Design

Allocation: Random Sample, Observational Model: Natural History, Time Perspective: Longitudinal

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mouth Neoplasms
• Oral Pain
• Oral Tumors
• Oral Ulcer
• Oral Ulcers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Colombia	Universidad Nacional	Medellin
Costa Rica	Universidad Latina de Costa Rica	San Jose
United States	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)	Latin University of Costa Rica, University of Illinois at Chicago

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Colombia,  Costa Rica, 

References & Publications (4)

Alonge OK, Ashrafi SH, Colvard MD. Mitochondrial volume densities in the smokeless tobacco-treated hamster cheek pouch epithelium. Oral Dis. 2003 May;9(3):138-43. — View Citation

Colvard MD, Ashrafi SH, Alonge OK, Cordell GA. Smokeless tobacco-induced lamellar body abnormalities. Oral Dis. 2006 May;12(3):343-8. — View Citation

Colvard MD, Cordell GA, Villalobos R, Sancho G, Soejarto DD, Pestle W, Echeverri TL, Perkowitz KM, Michel J. Survey of medical ethnobotanicals for dental and oral medicine conditions and pathologies. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Aug 11;107(1):134-42. Epub 2006 Apr 18. — View Citation

Cordell GA, Colvard MD. Some thoughts on the future of ethnopharmacology. J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Aug 22;100(1-2):5-14. Review. — View Citation

External Links

•   Mitochondrial volume densities in the smokeless tobacco-treated hamster cheek pouch epithelium.
•   Smokeless tobacco-induced lamellar body abnormalities.
•   Some thoughts on the Future of Ethnopharmacology
•   Survey of medical ethnobotanicals for dental and oral medicine conditions and pathologies.