NCT07314151Recruiting
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
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Dec 2025
- Start date
- 15 Feb 2024
- Primary completion date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
- Diseases
- Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis
- NCT number
- NCT07314151
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 200
- From 15 Feb 2024 to the primary completion date, 19 Jan 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Individuals who have undergone major surgery or received chemotherapy or radiotherapy within the past month.
Other illness
- Control group exclusions:
- Individuals with any diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
- Individuals with any major gastrointestinal disease, such as gastrointestinal malignancy.
Other
- Individuals who are unable to provide informed consent or unable to comply with study procedures or questionnaires.
- Pregnant women.
- Individuals deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the attending physician.
Who the study is looking for
- Adult patients aged 18 years or older who are able to provide informed consent and comply with the study procedures.
- Experimental group: Patients with a primary diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, defined by ICD-10-CM codes K50-K51.
- Control group: Individuals without inflammatory bowel disease and without significant gastrointestinal symptoms.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Medical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taichung | Taiwan | Recruiting |
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