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

February 1, 2010 updated by: Chicago College of Oriental Medicine

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60656
        • Chicago College of Oriental Medicine, Inc. dba Chicago College of Asian Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults age 21 and over

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children
  • Pregnant women

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: 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
Other: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal, tuina and other accessory techniques
Other Names:
  • Acupuncture
  • Herbs
  • Tuina
  • Moxabustion

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
QualityMetric SF36v-2 Quality of Life
Time Frame: Every four weeks
Every four weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
QualityMetric PIQ-6
Time Frame: Every four weeks
Every four weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Chicago College of Oriental Medicine

Collaborators

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
QualityMetrics
Inspire Tech Group

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2012

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 29, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 29, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

February 1, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 1, 2010

Last Verified

January 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HS-10-003 CEG
  • GRANT10504752 (Other Identifier: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality)

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