Health Condition 1: M057- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor without organ or systems involvement Health Condition 2: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Those who are willing to participate in the study. 2.RA factor test : positive 3.Anti CCP test :positive 4.CRP Test 5. DAS score 28 >2.6
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Age: Below 34 ; Above 60 2.Other degenerative joint disease like osteoarthritis, sero negative spondyloarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. 3.Infectious joint disease like tuberculosis,chronic poly arthritis in chickungunia viral infection. 4.Metabolic joint disease 5.Pregnancy and lactating mothers 6.Chronic renal and liver disease patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Symptomatic relief i.e, reduction in pain, swelling, movement difficulties(DAS score) 2.Improve the physical movements and relieve the disabilities and structural defects of hand and legs as much as possible 3.Reduce any extra articular involvement of the disease if any. Timepoint: 45 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Prevent recurrence of the disease by advising, continuous and periodic intake of medicine and dietary regimen. 2.Proper monitoring of patient and disease state with relevant blood test and immunological assays. 3.To collect various Siddha literatures and modern journals for literature review on UTHIRAVATHA SURONITHAM. 4. To perform physicochemical, phytochemical, bio chemical analysis 5.To evaluate safety profile for acute and sub-acute toxicity 6.To evaluate pharmacological activities 7.To perform in-vitro, in-vivo studies. 8.To evaluate anti microbial activity 9.To perform cell line studies 10.To evaluate Siddha parameters (including Envagai thervu, Neerkuri-Neikuri) in uthiravatha suronitham during trial period. 11.To evaluate modern parametric changesTimepoint: 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
GOVERNMENT SIDDHA MEDICAL COLLEGE, PALAYAMKOTTAI