NCT02923622

Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Cancer

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 384 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although patients of colorectal cancer use Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal therapy extensively in China, no strong evidence exists to demonstrate the safety and survival outcomes of TCM herbal therapy combined with conventional western medicine for treatment of this disease. The purpose of this multi-center perspective cohort study is to evaluate the relationship between TCM herbal therapy and survival outcomes in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Conditions

• Advanced Colorectal Cancer
• Traditional Chinese Medicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Traditional Chinese medicine herbals	TCM herbal treatment based on TCM syndrome differentiation，without any anti tumor therapy in Western Medicine
OTHER	Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine	TCM herbal treatment combine with anti tumor therapy in Western Medicine ( including non recommended chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy in clinical guidelines)
OTHER	Western medicine	Anti tumor therapy in Western Medicine ( including non recommended chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy in clinical guidelines)

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2016-10-04
• Last updated: 2016-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China