Homoeopathic Treatment of Piles.

Phase 2

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: K649- Unspecified hemorrhoids

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/068239
• Lead Sponsor: The Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

i) Age 18-65 years

ii) First degree (grade I) haemorrhoids without prolapse outside of anal canal

iii) Second degree (grade II) haemorrhoids that prolapse with straining, but retract spontaneously

iv) With any of the following clinical symptoms: bleeding, pain (including discomfort and tenesmus during defecation or any other time), heaviness, pruritus, and mucus discharge.

v) Illiterate people will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scales or questionnaires

vi) Literate patients; ability to read Bengali and/or English and/or Hindi

vii) Patients giving written consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

i) Pregnant or lactating women

ii) Forth degree (grade IV) haemorrhoids

iii) External haemorrhoids

iv) Skin tags

v) Malignancies

vi) Rectal polyps

vii) Anal fissure

viii) Irritable bowel syndrome

ix) Unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other systemic diseases (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, thyroid diseases etc.) affecting quality of life or any vital organ failure.

x) Any substance abuses

xi) Self-reported immune – compromised state

xii) Patients who are too sick for consultation

xiii) Simultaneous participation of any other clinical trials.

xiv) Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within last 6 month.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified