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

NCT ID: NCT01059487

Last Updated: 2010-02-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2012-08-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain Management Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

Assessing efficacy of treating subjects/patients with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by administering SF-36v2 and PIQ-6 surveys to subjects/patients to create a baseline and then re-assessing quality of life achieved through TCM treatments by administering follow-up SF-12v2 and PIQ-6 surveys every four weeks

Group Type OTHER

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Intervention Type OTHER

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

Interventions

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Acupuncture Tuina Herbs Moxabustion

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults age 21 and over

Exclusion Criteria

* Children
* Pregnant women
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

QualityMetrics

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Inspire Tech Group

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chicago College of Oriental Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chicago College of Oriental Medicine, Inc. dba Chicago College of Asian Medicine

Locations

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Chicago College of Oriental Medicine, Inc. dba Chicago College of Asian Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Jeannette Hoyt

Role: CONTACT

7087173568

Other Identifiers

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GRANT10504752

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

HS-10-003 CEG

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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