NCT00200837

Brief Summary

These are ethnomedicine studies of plants used by rural and indigenous peoples for pain and oral inflammation relief.

Trial Health

90
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
1,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2002

Longer than P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
2 countries

2 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2002

Completed
3.5 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 13, 2005

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 20, 2005

Completed
1.4 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2007

Completed
Last Updated

March 28, 2007

Status Verified

March 1, 2007

First QC Date

September 13, 2005

Last Update Submit

March 27, 2007

Conditions

Oral PainOral UlcersOral Tumors

Keywords

oral mucosal painoral inflammationsanisillocordonsilloPiperaceaeoral ulcersoral tumorsmucosal painmucosal inflammationscordoncillo

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients who use plants to relieve oral pain, inflammations, ulcers, and tumors

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

Location

Universidad Nacional

Medellín, Colombia

Location

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

San José, Costa Rica

Location

Related Publications (4)

  • Colvard MD, Ashrafi SH, Alonge OK, Cordell GA. Smokeless tobacco-induced lamellar body abnormalities. Oral Dis. 2006 May;12(3):343-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01211.x.

    PMID: 16700746BACKGROUND

  • Alonge OK, Ashrafi SH, Colvard MD. Mitochondrial volume densities in the smokeless tobacco-treated hamster cheek pouch epithelium. Oral Dis. 2003 May;9(3):138-43. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.01814.x.

    PMID: 12945595BACKGROUND

  • Colvard MD, Cordell GA, Villalobos R, Sancho G, Soejarto DD, Pestle W, Echeverri TL, Perkowitz KM, Michel J. Survey of medical ethnobotanicals for dental and oral medicine conditions and pathologies. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Aug 11;107(1):134-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.04.005. Epub 2006 Apr 18.

    PMID: 16735102BACKGROUND

  • Cordell GA, Colvard MD. Some thoughts on the future of ethnopharmacology. J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Aug 22;100(1-2):5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.05.027.

    PMID: 16009517BACKGROUND

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Oral Ulcer

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mouth DiseasesStomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

  • Michael D Colvard, DDS

    University of Illinois at Chicago

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
NATURAL HISTORY
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
NIH

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2005

First Posted

September 20, 2005

Study Start

March 1, 2002

Study Completion

February 1, 2007

Last Updated

March 28, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-03

Locations

CO(1)US(1)