Naturopathic-pharmacological Consultation in Hematology
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Naturopathic-pharmacological consultation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hematologic Diseases. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Israel
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Naturopathic-pharmacological Consultation on the Use of Dietary Supplements in Patients With Hematological Diseases
Overview
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to learn about the effect of a naturopathic-pharmacologic consultation in patients with hematologic conditions. The main question it aims to answer is whether such consultation can improve the safety of dietary and herbal supplements' use among these patients. Participants will be asked to answer basic questions and fill-out questionnaire before and after meeting the consultation team. Some patients will be prescribed dietary and herbal supplements that may help relief some of the symptoms they describe, in a safe way and without interacting with the drugs they are taking.
Interventions
- Other Naturopathic-pharmacological consultation
The naturopathic-pharmacological consultation includes a naturopath and a clinical pharmacist and will consist of at least two meetings.
Primary outcome measures
- Safety of the use of DHS in patients with a hematological disease through naturopathic counseling [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Efficacy of prescribed dietary and herbal supplements (DHS) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
- Patient-physician communication around the use of DHS [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
- Patient satisfaction [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
- Compliance with hematological treatment [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
- Qualitative evaluation of the staff and patients from naturopathic-pharmacological counseling [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, up to 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Followed up for a hematological condition
- Ability to fill simple questionnaires in Hebrew, Russian or Arabic
- Indication for consultation:
- Patient's request to expand knowledge about the use of DHS
- Patient using DHS
- Patient's desire to start using DHS
- Patient that is interested in hearing about the use of DHS for his/her health condition
- Medical or nursing team's recommendation to take DHS for medical treatment or to improve compliance with conventional treatment.
Exclusion criteria
None
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Israel · 1 center
- Bnai Zion Medical Center — Haifa
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05982262 · 0149-20-BNZ