Traditional and Complementary Medicine: a Cure for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis?
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change of Breast Mass Size
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Collaboration is established between Turkish Holistic & Integrative Medicine Association and Traditional & Complementary Medicine Society of Istanbul Medipol University.
Study is carried out on idiopathic granulomatous mastitis patients who are followed in the Breast Clinic at Istanbul Medipol University Hospital for between September 2015 and September 2019. Hirudotherapy and medical cupping therapy were applied as traditional and complementary medicine integratively.
Following initial radiological imaging, microbiological- and histological testing, side effects and relapses are analyzed. Follow-up examination is also carried out at the end of the treatment, which consisted of clinical breast exam and radiological imaging.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Case Only
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 25 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •IGM patients, either ones newly diagnosed or had previously received different types of treatments, currently refusing conventional treatments with immunosuppressives etc, or/and surgical management, and now und
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients currently using any conventional treatment, and/or contraindication to hirudotherapy and cupping.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change of Breast Mass Size
Time Frame: Up to 48 months
Ultrasonic scan at 12 months
Secondary Outcomes
- Change of Breast Mass Size(Up to 48 months)
Investigators
Mujgan Calişkan
Professor
Medipol University