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Study on the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Tools to Assist in Identifying the Clinical Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Research on Metabolic Plastids of Tongue Coating
Led by China Medical University Hospital · Updated on 2026-01-02
200
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Research Sites
128 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
This study will be conducted at the outpatient clinic of China Medical University hospital. It is expected to enroll two groups of 30 subjects, including the experimental group must meet the clinical diagnosis of IBD, and the control group without IBD and have no obvious gastrointestinal symptoms . This proje ct uses modern TCM diagnostic tools, such as tongue diagnosis instrument, auscul tation instrument, TCM constitution questionnaire, and pulse diagnosis instrument to establish the comparison of physiological and biochemical indicators such as TCM phenotype and laboratory tests data in patients with IBD. Besides, another purpose of this project is to analyze the tongue coating metabolites of patients with IBD by mass spectrometry, and to establish a research model of tongue coating an d metabolomics for patien ts with IBD and the prognosis analysis of acute and remission phases.
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Official Title
Study on the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Tools to Assist in Identifying the Clinical Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Research on Metabolic Plastids of Tongue Coating
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults aged 18 years or older able to provide informed consent and follow study procedures
- Experimental group: Patients diagnosed with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis (ICD-10-CM codes K50-K51)
- Control group: Individuals without inflammatory bowel disease and without significant gastrointestinal symptoms
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures or questionnaires
- Major surgery or chemotherapy or radiotherapy within the past month
- Pregnant women
- Deemed unsuitable for participation by the attending physician
- Control group exclusions: diagnosed psychiatric disorders
- Control group exclusions: major gastrointestinal diseases such as gastrointestinal malignancy
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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China Medical University Hospital
Taichung, North, Taiwan, 404
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
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Number of Arms
2
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