Effectiveness of Homoeopathic medicine Gaultheria procumbence in the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: M057||Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor without organ or systems involvement,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050189
- Lead Sponsor
- VINAYAKA MISSION HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
- Brief Summary
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one among the most prevailing autoimmune disorders in India, which acts multi-dimensionally and takes a long course of one’s life span.1 Due to this nature it reduces patient’s life span and affects quality of life. The nature of disease itself calls for manifold interventions starting from Drug therapy, Physiotherapy and Surgical interventions in conventional system of treatment, which is expensive for majority of the patients. A RA patient have to spend 12.87% of his monthly income for the conventional mode of treatment.2 There are also studies showing long term side effects and contra indications for the ‘Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs’ (DMARDs) Therapy.3
In Homoeopathy, many studies have contributed for the effectiveness of Homoeopathic management of Rheumatoid arthritis treated with different Homoeopathic Medicines like Ferrum picricum, Methylene blue, Salicylic acid, Gaultheria pecumbence, etc.,4,5 Among those remedies Gaultheria precumbence is a less explored remedy, which contain Salycylic acid and Methylium salicylicum as the prime active principles.6 Further more Pharmacological studies have shown that these active principles are potentially Anti-inflammatory agents.7 A Homoeopathic study have shown the Effectiveness of Gaultheria mother tincture on arthralgia patients.8 The Homoeopathic action of this Medicine on RA is well established. Yet no Scientific studies have been conducted and reported on this.
These details intended me to undertake a Research Study on the RA treated with Gaultheria precumbence 3CH. The Treatment Outcomes will be assessed with Pre and Post treatment values of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Rheumatoid Factor (RF). The study will also be aiming at the Treatment assessment using Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) SCALE9,, Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS-28) for Rheumatoid Arthritis10 and Modified Naranjo Criteria for Homeopathy-Causal Attribution Inventory (MONARCH) Score. 11
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 38
- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DIAGNOSED PATIENTS.
- SCORE 6 OR ABOVE IN ACR/EULAR (AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY.
- EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM) CRITERIA.
PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELATAL STRUCTURAL DEFORMITIES PATIENTS UNDERGOING LONG TERM AND CONTINUING TRAETMENT FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PREGNANT AND LACTATING FEMALES.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method reduction in serum levels of Rheumatoid factor, ESR, and C reactive protein 9 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in score of Rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease (RAID) scale 9 months Reduction in DAS 28 score 9 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
VINAYAKA MISSIONS HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
🇮🇳Salem, TAMIL NADU, India
VINAYAKA MISSIONS HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL🇮🇳Salem, TAMIL NADU, IndiaDr Kavya MPrincipal investigator9446844073kavya.nair490@gmail.com