Vedic Medical Astrology in Essential Hypertension

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Essential Hypertension
• Interventions: Other: Placebo vedic medical astrology (PMA); Combination Product: Vedic Medical Astrology

• Registration Number: NCT03803306
• Lead Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute

Brief Summary

Previous studies have explored the correlation and impact of astrological events in relation of diseases, health concerns and relationship between birth chart and disease risk. Cardiovascular conditions, sleep and fertility were found significantly associated with moon phase. However, to best of our knowledge no study has documented the impact of astrological intervention in disease management.

This is a randomised, multi-center, double blind placebo controlled clinical trial with two parallel arms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Vedic medical astrological intervention for patients with mild to moderate hypertension,with respect to decreasing their blood pressure and improving their quality of life.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-15
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Study Completion: 2019-01-06
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients age between 35 and 60 years old, male and female;
• Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria of essential hypertension (
• Patients taking antihypertensive drugs under the supervision of physicians.
• Patients having understanding of our study and willing to comply with astrological protocol.
• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who have been diagnosed as secondary hypertension or malignant hypertension
• Patients with comorbid conditions
• Patients with a chronic disease associated or psychiatric conditions which might not suitable for the study
• Patients who had been treated with any other alternative or complementary medicine during the previous three months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Placebo vedic medical astrology (PMA)	Placebo vedic medical astrology (PMA)	-
Vedic Medical Astrology Group (VMA)	Vedic Medical Astrology	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average systolic and average diastolic blood pressure	change from baseline to 12-weeks	Blood pressure measured by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in patients Quality of life	change from baseline to 12-weeks	Health-related quality of life measure by S36

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NMP Medical Reserach Institute; 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India