Ancient tongue diagnosis meets modern lab tests in psoriasis study
NCT ID NCT07351448
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether tongue and facial images can help doctors understand psoriasis better. Researchers will collect photos and lab data from 450 people with and without psoriasis. The goal is to find patterns that link Traditional Chinese Medicine signs to blood tests and disease severity. This is an observational study, not a treatment trial.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 450 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This study intends to select 150 patients with blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis who visited the Department of Dermatology of Yueyang Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as 150 patients with non-blood stasis syndrome of psoriasis. Additionally, 150 people who visited the hospital due to non-papular psoriasis skin diseases such as eczema or acne, and who were confirmed by professional doctors to have no psoriasis, will be selected as the non-psoriasis subjects.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion criteria for the non-psoriasis subjects: (1) Those who do not meet the Western medical diagnostic criteria for psoriasis; (2) No gender restrictions; 18 years old ≤ age ≤ 65 years old; (3) Understand and agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form; Inclusion criteria for the psoriasis blood stasis syndrome group: (1) Those who meet the Western medical diagnostic criteria for psoriasis and whose TCM syndrome classification belongs to blood stasis syndrome; (2) No gender restrictions; 18 years old ≤ age ≤ 65 years old; (3) Understand and agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form. Inclusion criteria for the psoriasis non-blood stasis syndrome group: (1) Those who meet the Western medical diagnostic criteria for psoriasis and whose TCM syndrome classification belongs to blood heat syndrome/blood dryness syndrome; (2) No gender restrictions; 18 years old ≤ age ≤ 65 years old; (3) Understand and agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * (1) Due to various reasons, the collected tongue and facial images may be unclear or cannot be successfully monitored and analyzed; (2) For those subjects whose facial makeup or tongue coating is applied, the information obtained from tongue and facial diagnosis may be inaccurate.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200433, China
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