Ethnopharmacological Studies in Oral Medicine

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

University of Illinois

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

Information provided by:

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00200837

First received: September 13, 2005

Last updated: March 27, 2007

Last verified: March 2007

History of Changes

Purpose

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

Condition
Oral Pain Oral Ulcers Oral Tumors

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Allocation: Random Sample Observational Model: Natural History Time Perspective: Longitudinal Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title:	Ethnopharmacological Studies in Oral Medicine

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Oral Cancer

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

Estimated Enrollment:	1000
Study Start Date:	March 2002
Study Completion Date:	February 2007

Detailed Description:

These are ethnomedicine studies of plants used by rural and indigenous peoples for pain relief in Central and South America.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00200837

Locations

United States, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
Colombia
Universidad Nacional
Medellin, Colombia
Costa Rica
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

University of Illinois

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Michael D Colvard, DDS

University of Illinois

More Information

Additional Information:

Mitochondrial volume densities in the smokeless tobacco-treated hamster cheek pouch epithelium. This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Smokeless tobacco-induced lamellar body abnormalities. This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Survey of medical ethnobotanicals for dental and oral medicine conditions and pathologies. This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Some thoughts on the Future of Ethnopharmacology This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

Colvard MD, Ashrafi SH, Alonge OK, Cordell GA. Smokeless tobacco-induced lamellar body abnormalities. Oral Dis. 2006 May;12(3):343-8.

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.

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. Epub 2006 Apr 18.

Cordell GA, Colvard MD. Some thoughts on the future of ethnopharmacology. J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Aug 22;100(1-2):5-14. Review.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00200837 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	K08 AT000987-01
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	March 27, 2007
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

oral mucosal pain
oral inflammations
anisillo
cordonsillo
Piperaceae

oral ulcers
oral tumors
mucosal pain
mucosal inflammations
cordoncillo

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Mouth Neoplasms
Ulcer
Oral Ulcer
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site

Neoplasms
Mouth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Pathologic Processes

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