Clinical trial NCT03495492: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Responds to Dermal Chelation
Official title: Dermal Chelation Lowers White Blood Cell Count in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Keywords: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
CLL
Dermal Chelation
Nutritional Therapy
Lead sponsor: Optimum Health, Natural Healthcare Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-04-12
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Clinical trials with a single arm
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to identify 50 participants with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and follow their total white blood cell (WBC) counts and absolute lymphocyte counts after performing dermal chelation and administering nutritional therapy

Detailed description: The purpose of this clinical trial is to use dermal chelation and hair tissue analysis to identify 50 participants with CLL. The total wbc counts and absolute lymphocyte counts of these participants will be followed after serial dermal chelations and nutritional therapy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and has a toxic heavy metal load
* Toxic heavy metal load

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant
* Pacemaker implants
* Organ transplant recipients
* Psychotic episodes or epileptic seizures

Primary outcomes:
measure: Serial Total White Blood Cell Count
timeFrame: up to 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
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