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Traditional Tibetan Medicine for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

NCT00810992 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 524

Last updated 2013-01-14

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Summary

Coronary artery disease has a high death toll in the Western world. Changes in lifestyle, particularly in nutrition and physical activity may significantly reduce a severe coronary atherosclerosis within one year without the use of medication. Several dietary studies have shown that not only the progress of coronary artery disease can be slowed down, but it may also increase significantly the survival of these patients.

Up until now there is little known about therapeutic effects by complementary medicine. In particular, Traditional Tibetan medicine dietary programs have shown in few case reports that weight could be reduced in patients with obesity.

Therefore, the investigators developed a specific dietary program for patients with coronary artery disease, who have an increased cardiovascular risk profile according to the criteria by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional and behavioral program A

Recommendation for nutrition and behavior for patients with coronary artery disease according to the German Society of Nutritional Medicine and the International Task Force for the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional and behavioral program B

Recommendation for nutrition and behavior for patients with coronary artery disease according to the system of the Traditional Tibetan Medicine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Tuebingen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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