Research Projects - HKIIM, CUHK

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Featured Research Highlights

Completed

Efficacy of soothing cream jel in treating chronic upper limb pain: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Effectiveness of Herbal Medicine (Shaoyao Gancao Decoction Jiawei) in Sleep-related Leg Cramps – A Pilot Study

Electro-acupuncture plus warm needling therapy for heel pain: a randomized controlled trial

Chinese Herbal Medicine Effectively Prolongs the Overall Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Patients: A Case Series

Prioritizing Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Questions in Cancer Palliative Care: International Delphi Survey

Physicians’ and Patients’ Philosophy of Colorectal Cancer Care: A comparison of Chinese and Conventional Medicine

Agreements among major Skateholders on the Curriculum and Clinical Practices of Chinese Medicine Nursing in Hong Kong – A territory-wide survey from Nurses, Chinese and Western Medical Health

Safety of Acupuncture: Overview of Systematic Reviews

Impact of evidence-based healthcare education for Chinese medicine practitioners: A pre-post evaluation

Efficacy of Uncaria Rhynchophylla (Gou-Teng) for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Using White Matter Hyperintensities Estimated by ARIA as Outcome

Outcomes of stroke survivors with integrative Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments – a propensity-score matched analysis of 3690 Chinese patients in Hong Kong

Gastronenterology

Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Medicine JCM-16021 for Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Study protocol for a Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Clinical T

Gastronenterology

A Survey of Doctors’ Attitudes on Traditional Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Asia

Gastronenterology

Efficacy and Safety of using Granule Dendrobii for the treatment of chronic Atrophic Gastritis in subjects with deficiency of Qi and Yin: a randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo-contro

A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of an Herbal Formula Modified Huang-Lian-Jie-Du Decoction (MHLJDD) for Atopic Dermatitis in Children

Efficacy and Safety of Modified Xiao-Feng Powder in the Treatment of Chronic Urticaria – A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study

A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of an Innovative Herbal Formula for Atopic Dermatitis in Children: Evaluations of Modified Qing-Ying Decoction on Efficacy and Gut Microbiota

On-going

Effectiveness and Safety of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction with Addition on the Sleep-related Leg Cramps: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial

The Therapeutic Effect of a Combined Therapy of Tui-na and Oral Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis of Knee - A Randomized Wait-list Controlled Trial

Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Medicine Oral Rinse in treating and preventing Irradiated Oral Mucositis in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients - a pilot trial

Efficacy and Safety of Modified Suan ZaoRen Tang-TianWang BuXin Dan in the Treatment of Chronic Insomnia: A Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial

Clinical trial on the treatment of menopausal syndrome with Chinese medicine gui-zhi-fu-ling-wan with variation and the mechanism of anti-inflammation and body surface temperature distributio

The effects of using Yupingfeng Powder with variation for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR): a randomized controlled trial (impact)

Development of a Novel Chinese Medicine Formula for the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial

Coming Up

Efficacy and Safety of Dachaihu Decoction Combined Erzhiwan with Variation for the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia: A Parallel, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial

Modified Huang-Lian-Jie-Du Decoction for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial on Its Efficacy and Impact on Gut Microbiome