Bringing Acute and Wellness Care to Underserved Populations Using Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pain Management Clinical Trial

Official title:

Bringing Acute and Wellness Care to Underserved Populations Using Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial Using Quality of Life Measures in a Community Health Care Setting

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01059487
• Other study ID #: HS-10-003 CEG
• Secondary ID: GRANT10504752
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: January 29, 2010
• Last updated: February 1, 2010
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: January 2010
• Source: Chicago College of Oriental Medicine
• Contact: Jeannette Hoyt
• Phone: 7087173568
• Email: j[@]chgocom.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

At a time when there is so much focus in the United States on reducing the cost of health care delivery while maximizing the effectiveness of health care performance, Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, herbal treatment, and accessory techniques) offers decision makers a tantalizing option. Traditional Chinese Medicine differs from its biomedical counterpart in that it is highly portable, inexpensive to administer, relies on a conversational diagnostic inquiry system to arrive at differential diagnosis for its patients, and has very few reported side effects associated with treatment. The World Health Organization cites acupuncture has a proven and effective treatment for 28 diseases/disorders including stroke, pain management issues and rheumatoid arthritis; the WHO lists another over 65 diseases for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed including alcohol dependence, cancer pain and diabetes mellitus. With the completion of this pragmatic clinical trial and introduction of the Constant Care method of health care delivery to underserved communities on Chicago's south side, the investigators can both utilize an effective plan of health care delivery, advance the research needed to effectively utilize Traditional Chinese Medicine as a low cost therapeutic option in this country, and successfully treat disenfranchised populations that have been traditionally overlooked and that deserve a better health and wellness care future.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults age 21 and over

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children

• Pregnant women

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain Management
• Traditional Chinese Medicine

Intervention

Other:
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal, tuina and other accessory techniques

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Chicago College of Oriental Medicine, Inc. dba Chicago College of Asian Medicine	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chicago College of Oriental Medicine	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Inspire Tech Group, QualityMetrics

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	QualityMetric SF36v-2 Quality of Life		Every four weeks	No
Secondary	QualityMetric PIQ-6		Every four weeks	No