In addition to many exploratory and small studies, we have already mounted, and are mounting, a series of large, multi-center trials that I believe are designed with the same kinds of rigor as any large trial that should lead to public approval and acceptance of a mainstream therapy or preventative agent.  We have completed a study of St. John’s Wort for major depression that I’ll discuss.  It’s in press and will be published next month.  That study is in collaboration with our colleagues in NIMH.

In collaboration with the Cancer Institute and their community-based cooperative oncology program, we’re studying shark cartilage as adjunctive therapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer.

With the Aging Institute, the Neurology Institute, and the Heart Institute, we are doing a study in 3000 otherwise healthy aging Americans, asking whether the preliminary data for ginkgo biloba is correct, in that it can prevent dementia.

With the Arthritis Institute, we have mounted the largest ever study of acupuncture for osteoarthritis pain. 

第三阶段随机控制试验的研究状态：

St. John’s Wort对重性抑郁症的研究                           发表中

鲨鱼软骨治疗肺癌的研究                                              研究中

银杏预防痴呆                                                            研究中

针灸对骨关节疼痛的治疗作用                              研究中