Integrative Medicine Consultation for Patients With Pain or Fatigue

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of an Integrative Medicine Consultation on Outcome for Patients With Pain or Fatigue

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01058265
• Other study ID #: 08-008497
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 27, 2010
• Last updated: January 23, 2012
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2012
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients with a diagnosis of chronic fatigue or pain benefit minimally from a conventional medical evaluation yet consume a large amount of medical resources and time. The question is to see if patients with a diagnosis of chronic pain or fatigue benefit from an Integrative Medicine medical evaluation conducted by physician who has additional training in Integrative Medicine. Patients who call for a general medical examination with a complaint of chronic fatigue or pain will be set up with the integrative medical specialist or standard general medical evaluation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older
• Eligibility: - Patients seeking a medical evaluation for a primary complaint of pain or fatigue.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Integrative
Integrative Medicine medical evaluation.
• Standard
Standard general medical evaluation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic in Arizona	Scottsdale	Arizona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Short Form 36 (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS)	It yields an eight-scale profile of scores (physical functioning, social functioning, role-physical, role-emotional, bodily pain, general health, mental health, and vitality) as well as summary physical and mental measures (Ware et al., 1998). The Physical Component Summary ranges from 0 to 100, and higher score indicates better physical condition. It is based on norm-based scoring, which applies a transformation with mean equals to 50 and standard deviation equals to 10, and makes it possible to comparison.	3 months	No
Primary	Short Form 36 (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS)	It yields an eight-scale profile of scores (physical functioning, social functioning, role-physical, role-emotional, bodily pain, general health, mental health, and vitality) as well as summary physical and mental measures (Ware et al., 1998). The Mental Component Summary ranges from 0 to 100, and higher score indicates better mental health status. It is based on norm-based scoring, which applies a transformation with mean equals to 50 and standard deviation equals to 10, and makes it possible to comparison.	3 months	No