Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Peter Fisher
ORCID ID
Contact details
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
60 Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3HR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7833 7223
pfisher@gn.apc.org
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0257012231
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Pilot study to determine acceptability to patients and staff and whether design produces interpretable data. Questions for definitive study: Is homoeopathic consultation and placebo treatment more effective than no treatment? Is homoeopathic consultation and verum treatment more effective than homoeopathic consultation and placebo treatment? Is unblinded homoeopathic treatment more effective than blinded?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised 4-arm 2-arm double blind placebo controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Atopic dermatitis
Intervention
Randomised placebo controlled clinical trial with double-blind comparison.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire
2. Symptom diary
3. Treatment diary
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/1998
Overall trial end date
31/05/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
100 Patients referred to the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital with a diagnosis of atopic eczema.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
100
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/04/1998
Recruitment end date
31/05/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
London
WC1N 3HR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
Parkside Health NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015192
Publication citations
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Results
Fisher P, McCarney R, Hasford C, Vickers A, Evaluation of specific and non-specific effects in homeopathy: feasibility study for a randomised trial., Homeopathy, 2006, 95, 4, 215-222, doi: 10.1016/j.homp.2006.07.006.