An interventional study of TCM and Western medicine in Atopic Dermatitis, sponsored by China Medical University Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged Up to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-18.
Sponsored by China Medical University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
In Taiwan, there are many patients suffer from pediatric atopic dermatitis. Because of the clinical characteristic of repetitive and scratchy, which will affect the patients' quality of life and lead to the medical heavy budget. TCM may play an important role in this disease and help patient to improved their health. In this project, we aim to establish a Collaborative Care Model of TCM and Western Medicine, to achieve the multiple goal in clinical treatment, research and medical training. By establishing a collaborative care model, including the Chinese medicine doctor and Western medicine doctor, nurses, pharmacists and case managers, to cooperative satisfy the patient needed in the medical service, to improve the clinical presentation, patients'quality of life, and reduce exposure to corticosteroid. Besides, we can also build a training environment and reduce medical cost in long term purpose. Furthermore, by establishing a collaborative care model, we can provide a medical education and training opportunity to educate the medical student and clinician the necessary knowledge of pediatric atopic dermatitis by caring patients and learning from clinical case. According to the above training program, we not only aim to strengthen the competitiveness of Chinese medicine doctor in Taiwan, but also make the Western medicine doctors comprehend the TCM characteristic and may find out the even more opportunity to cooperate in clinical practice. To make this collaborative care model as a beginning milestone of cooperation between Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
1,443 studies on the registry are indexed under Dermatitis, Atopic; 253 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 83 across 1,143 interventional studies indexed under Dermatitis, Atopic.
Browse Dermatitis, Atopic studies →China Medical University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 479 studies on the registry; 115 are open to participants now.
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Other: TCM · Other: Western medicine
Other: Western medicine
oral chinese herb, chinese topical ointment
oral steroid, oral antihistamine, topical steroid
Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) score
a clinical tool to assess the extent and severity of eczema
Time frame: week 4
36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
It is a 36-item, patient-reported survey of patient health.
Time frame: week 4
Started May 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2017, 7 months after the start.
Of 102 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Dermatitis, Atopic, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41. This study's planned 7 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 163 studies reached it within 16 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 35.
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