Yin Deficiency Syndrome Clinical Trial
— SFYDSOfficial title:
Establish and Validate Study of Standard Scale for Syndrome Differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome
An version of the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome is not available yet for Chinese medicine. The aim of this study is to develop and validate the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome. The study is divided into two steps. The first step is to develop the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome through expert consultation (Delphi method). The second step is to apply the scale in the participants and find out the diagnostic cut-off value of the scale by comparing it with the gold standard.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 1200 |
Est. completion date | December 31, 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | September 30, 2022 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 80 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Subject will be recruited from the current outpatients' clinic activity of the affiliated hospitals of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Subjects must be able to read and write in Chinese. After obtained informed consent we will ask them to participate to this study. - All the subjects need to fill in the scale of Yin Deficiency syndrome and be diagnosed by a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to determine whether they have Yin deficiency syndrome. The judgment of TCM experts is the gold standard. Exclusion Criteria: - Participates who not meet eligibility criteria |
Country | Name | City | State |
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China | Peking University Third Hospital | Beijing |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Peking University Third Hospital | Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | the diagnostic cut-off value of scale | find out the diagnostic cut-off value of the standard scale for syndrome differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome. | 12 months | |
Secondary | Accuracy of the Standard Scale for Syndrome Differentiation of Yin Deficiency Syndrome | By comparing the consistency between the scale diagnosis and expert diagnosis, the accuracy of the scale diagnosis of Yin deficiency syndrome was judged. | 12 months |