Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Dieter Melchart
ORCID ID
Contact details
Centre for Complementary Medicine Research
Dept. Internal Medicine II
Technical University Munich
Kaiserstr. 9
Munich
80801
Germany
+49 (0)89 72669711
Dieter.Melchart@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
GAT (German Amalgam Trial)
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Symptoms attributed to amalgam fillings
Intervention
Group 1: Removal of amalgam fillings and restoration with composites and other dental materials
Group 2: Removal of amalgam fillings and restoration with composites and other dental materials + mobilisation of mercury with complementary drug treatment
Group 3: No removal of amalgam fillings; psychosocial group intervention
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/1998
Overall trial end date
31/07/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
90 patients with symptoms attributed to amalgam fillings
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
90
Participant exclusion criteria
Patients with confirmed mental disorders or organic diseases were excluded
Recruitment start date
01/11/1998
Recruitment end date
31/07/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
Centre for Complementary Medicine Research
Munich
80801
Germany
Sponsor information
Organisation
Munich Technical University - Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (Germany)
Sponsor details
Dept. Internal Medicine II
Technical University Munich
Kaiserstr. 9
Munich
80801
Germany
+49 (0)89 72669711
Dieter.Melchart@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
German Association of Foundations for Science (Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft) (Germany)
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18362317
Publication citations
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Results
Melchart D, Vogt S, Köhler W, Streng A, Weidenhammer W, Kremers L, Hickel R, Felgenhauer N, Zilker T, Wühr E, Halbach S, Treatment of health complaints attributed to amalgam., J. Dent. Res., 2008, 87, 4, 349-353.