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| First Received Date ICMJE | March 9, 2004 | ||||||||
| Last Updated Date | August 16, 2006 | ||||||||
| Start Date ICMJE | December 2000 | ||||||||
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| Change History | Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00079534 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site | ||||||||
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| Descriptive Information | |||||||||
| Brief Title ICMJE | Distant Healing for HIV/AIDS | ||||||||
| Official Title ICMJE | Distant Healing Efforts for AIDS by Nurses and "Healers" | ||||||||
| Brief Summary | The purpose of this study is to determine whether individuals praying at a distance (also known as "Distant Healing") can positively affect the health of people with HIV/AIDS. |
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| Detailed Description | Significant numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seek spiritual or “psychic" treatment. Distant healing could potentially be of benefit to large numbers of HIV/AIDS patients, as it is widely available and requires no travel or other activity on the part of the patient. However, the treatment can be costly and has not yet been proven effective in a controlled clinical trial. This study will evaluate the efficacy of distant healing in patients with HIV/AIDS. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to either the distant healing group or a control group. All participants will have hour-long study visits at entry and Months 6 and 12. At study visits, participants will complete a demographic questionnaire, self-report health and symptom inventory, quality of life assessment, and profile of mood states. Blood will be drawn at each study visit. |
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| Study Phase | |||||||||
| Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||||||
| Study Design ICMJE | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study | ||||||||
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| Intervention ICMJE | Behavioral: Non-local/distant healing or prayer | ||||||||
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline. |
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| Recruitment Information | |||||||||
| Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | ||||||||
| Enrollment ICMJE | 150 | ||||||||
| Completion Date | December 2003 | ||||||||
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| Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
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| Gender | Both | ||||||||
| Ages | 18 Years to 65 Years | ||||||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No | ||||||||
| Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||||||
| Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||||||
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| NCT ID ICMJE | NCT00079534 | ||||||||
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| Study ID Numbers ICMJE | R01 AT000485-01 | ||||||||
| Study Sponsor ICMJE | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) | ||||||||
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| Information Provided By | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) | ||||||||
| Verification Date | August 2006 | ||||||||
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ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |
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