Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Identification in Paediatric Neurology

Other Diagnoses and Conditions Clinical Trial

Official title:

Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Identification in Paediatric Neurology

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01335282
• Other study ID #: UW07-163
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 12, 2011
• Last updated: April 13, 2011
• Start date: April 2007
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2011
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: Virginia CN Wong, Professor
• Phone: 2255 4485
• Email: vcnwong[@]hkucc.hku.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Hong Kong: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a history of more than two millenniums. It has been a common practice in China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea and is becoming increasingly popular worldwide in recent decades However, there is no general consensus for treatment of many diseases among TCM practitioners. In some specialties, such as neurology, there is not enough well documented case reports for practitioners to make reference with. Different practitioners may give different opinions according to their own experience and patients often feel frustrated about that.

Therefore, it is worth recording cases of neurological diseases, with accurate western medicine diagnosis and TCM theory explained. Possible TCM treatments can be suggested accordingly. Being an academic research supervised by western medicine doctor, this study can help to suggest more objective opinion with least conflict of interest.

Description:

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a history of more than two millenniums. It has been a common practice in China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. In recent decades, it is becoming increasingly popular worldwide(Victor S. Sierpina 2005). Studies in Hong Kong, showed that TCM is quite common among children in Hong Kong, with about a quarter of children consulting a pediatrician are concurrently using Chinese Medicine.(Lee 2006; Li 2006).

However, there is a lack of standardized protocol for treatment of many diseases among TCM practitioners. In some specialties, such as neurology, there is not enough well documented case reports for TCM practitioners to make reference. Different TCM practitioners may give different opinions according to their own experience and patients often feel frustrated about that.

Therefore, it is worth recording cases of neurological diseases, with accurate western medicine diagnosis and TCM theory explained. Possible TCM treatments can be suggested accordingly. Being an academic research supervised by western medicine doctor, this study can help to suggest more objective opinion with least conflict of interest.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients receiving medical care in the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in Queen Mary Hospital or the Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital, and

• Patients (or their care takers) who are able to provide accurate information about their signs and symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients (or their care takers) who are unable to report a reliable medical history

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Other Diagnoses and Conditions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Queen Mary Hospital	Hong Kong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong	Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China,