The UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research is committed to contributing to the growing body of scientific research in the field of integrative medicine and health. We sponsor innovative integrative medicine approaches that show the greatest promise of bettering human health for the largest number of people at the lowest cost.
This study aims to determine whether increasing consumption of a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet can improve visual function in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients. Study outcomes are measured before and after a 6-month intervention including dietary counseling, online cooking classes, health coaching, and support group sessions.
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility of implementing a structured nutritional intervention based on Time Restricted Eating (TRE) and the Mediterranean Diet (MEDI).
On February 3, 2023, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio (EP), spilling multiple toxic chemicals from the derailed cars. On February 6, officials decided to “vent and burn” the chemicals, which greatly expanded both the number of toxic chemicals and the geographic reach of the toxic plume carried by prevailing winds. Many residents and first responders experienced a range of symptoms, prominently including irritant symptoms (burning eyes, nose, mouth, and skin), headaches, fatigue, bloody nose, and respiratory symptoms and conditions such as rhinitis, sinusitis, and new asthma.
The study aims to assess the mitigating toxic impact of Melatonin, Coenzyme Q10, and N-Acetylcysteine in Post-Exposure Protection.
This study aims to determine whether increasing consumption of a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet can improve quality of life, pain, and inflammation in women with endometriosis. This study is open for recruitment.
A feasibility and safety study of a time-restricted, healthy eating intervention in patients with metabolic liver conditions.
This randomized, placebo-controlled study aims to determine improvements in breastfeeding difficulty of hospitalized newborns. This study is in development, and recruitment has not yet begun.
This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a 12-week anti-inflammatory diet (ITIS) among Long-COVID (PASC) patients.
This randomized, placebo-controlled study aimed to determine the feasibility and potential effects on glutathione status using a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet among an adult population with type-2 diabetes. Study findings and publications may be found under the Outcomes section of this website.
This pilot study investigated how a customized, short-term anti-inflammatory diet (ITIS) might reduce pain and inflammation in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
This study aimed to determine whether increasing consumption of a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet can improve gut microbiome diversity, quality of life, pain, and inflammation in women with endometriosis.
This 6-week double-blinded trial examines whether individuals in the early stages of psychosis (EP) respond to 1000 mg of endocannabinoids (CBD) with the aim of improving positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms of psychosis.
The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and explore the potential effects of using aromatherapy and visual mindfulness as complementary therapies to address pain and nausea in hospitalized cancer patients.
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of FoTv (a combination of two polypore mushrooms, Fomitopsis officinalis, and Trametes versicolor) in an adult population at the time of COVID-19 vaccination.
A multi-centered, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of FoTv (a combination of two polypore mushrooms, Fomitopsis officinalis and Trametes versicolor) for COVID-positive outpatients with mild-to-moderate symptoms.
This study aimed to determine the feasibility of a whole-food, plant-based dietary intervention in low-risk patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
A multi-centered, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of mQFPD as a modified form of Qing Fei Pai Du Tang (a Chinese herbal formula that has widely been used in Asia for COVID-positive outpatients with mild-to-moderate symptoms).
