Conference Programme

Workshop on ‘Harmonised proving guidelines of ECH and LMHI
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Opening Ceremony

Homeopathy research – the state of play and the way forward
Prof Paolo Bellavite, Italy. Basic research on homeopathic principles
Dr Klaus von Ammon, Switzerland. Contribution of clinical observations to the discovery of mode of action of homeopathic medicines

Clinical research 1
Dr Sadanandan Gopinadhan, India. Homeopathic management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A randomised placebo controlled pilot trial
Petter Viksveen, UK. Homeopathy in self-reported depression: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Dr Martien Brands, Netherlands. A comparative study on the treatment of malaria using complex immunotherapy and Coartem in homeopathic clinics in Kenya – A randomised controlled trial
David Brulé, Canada. Feasibility and clinical results of a pilot trial of individualised homeopathic treatment of fatigue in children receiving chemotherapy

Clinical research & safety
Rachel Roberts, UK. How safe is homeopathy? An analysis of the Posadzki et al. 2012 safety paper and fresh review of the same literature
Dr Peter Fisher, UK. Homeopathy and public health: Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug reactions and homeopathy
Prof Jennifer Jacobs, USA. Homeopathic treatment of respiratory illnesses in children: Results from two randomised trials

Poster promotional talks
Dr Kimberlee Blyden-Taylor, Canada. Effectiveness of the concomitant use of psychotropic pharmaceuticals and individualized homeopathic treatment: A Delphi study
Philippa Fibert, UK. A protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of treatment by homeopaths for ADHD
Dr Lefteris Tapakis, Greece. Statistical analysis of 156 cases of depression treated with classical homeopathy
Christa Raak, Germany. Hypericum perforatum to improve pain outcome after monosegmental spinal stenosis surgery – Study protocol
Alison Fixsen, UK.  Homeopathic treatment for otitis media in children: the case for pragmatic trials
Dr Helene Renoux, France.  Common points, peculiarities and complementarity of two homeopathic provings methodologies : trituration proving versus long term Hahnemannian proving
Dr Silvio Leite Monteiro da Silva, Brazil. Neuro-immuno-endocrine modulation in a perinatal model: cytokine production in mice treated by Zincum metallicum

Poster session
For the list of those showing posters at the Conference, click here.

Lab-based research & mechanism of action
Dr Christian Endler, Austria. Repetitions of fundamental research models for homeopathically prepared dilutions beyond 10^-23: a bibliometric study
Dr Alexander Tournier, France. Physicochemical investigations of homeopathic potencies: a systematic review of the literature
Dr Steven Cartwright, UK. Solvatochromic dyes detect the presence of homeopathic potencies
HRI, GIRI, WissHom. News from International Homeopathy Research Organisations

Clinical research 2
Dr Elio Rossi, Italy. Homeopathy and complementary medicine for cancer patients: results of a survey on integrative oncology centres in Europe
Dr Francesca Talarico, Italy. Single-blind study assessing the individualised homeopathic treatment of cancer patients versus placebo
Petra Klement, Germany. Results of an international, randomised, controlled clinical trial with a complex homeopathic medication in feverish upper respiratory tract infections
Dr Miek Jong, Netherlands.  A randomised open comparative clinical trial on the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a homeopathic medicinal product for frequent acute upper respiratory tract infections in children.

Lab-based research
Prof Dr Silvana Marques de Araújo, Brazil.  Exploring the model of murine infection by Trypanosoma cruzi to investigate treatment with highly diluted drugs: the influence of Lycopodium clavatum or Phosphorus in Wistar rats
Dr Thayna Neves Cardoso, Brazil.  Carbo animalis and immune response to Ehrlich ascites tumor in mice: an experimental model
Dr Ganesh Lakshmanan, India.  Effect of ultra-high dilutions of Lycopodium clavatum on reproductive and sexual functions in aged male wistar albino rats

Pathogenetic trials/provings
Prof Ashley Ross, South Africa. The translation of prover journals to standard homoeopathic formats: accountability and traceability of proving data
Dr Peter Smith, Germany. A group of recent provings in which the new HPCUS Provings Guidelines were applied: comments on the methodology
Alastair Gray, Australia.  Proving Ethics: At the coalface
Dr Jean Duckworth, UK. The role of the research ethics committee in providing ethical approval for provings. The findings from a pilot study

Fundamental research
Prof Lucietta Betti, Italy. Different approaches in homeopathic basic research: plant-based bioassays and evaporation-induced crystallisation
Dr Stephan Baumgartner, Switzerland. Spatial allocation effects in a potentisation basic research model – evidence for field-like effects of homeopathic preparations?
Paul Doesburg, Netherlands. Replication of specific effects of a Stannum metallicum 30x preparation in a cress seedling/ biocrystallization test system

Pathogenetic trials/provings, methods, clinical
Dr Jean Pierre Jansen, Netherlands. Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials (provings) do not always match homeopathic clinical practice. Possible answers from the qualitative research tradition
Dr Lex Rutten, Netherlands. Improving cough treatment with a mixed methods approach
Dr Pawan Pareek, India. Homeopathy in iatrogenic disorders
Prof Dr Thomas Ostermann, Germany. Investigation of effects of highly diluted substances in periodontal inflammation using flow cytometry analysis – a pilot study

Lab-based research
Dr Debora Olioso, Italy. Effects of homeopathic Arnica montana on gene expression of human macrophages – results of quantitative real-time PCR
Dr Anna Camps, Spain. Microimmunotherapeutic administration of cytokines improve the clinical symptoms in EAE, an animal model of Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Gustavo Aguilar-Velazquez, Mexico. Evaluation of cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of several homeopathic dilutions of Echinacea angustifolia on human breast, cervical and prostate cancer cells
Teh Chye Phing, Malaysia. A retrospective cohort study on the efficacy of homeopathy compared to homeopathy plus conventional medicine in the treatment of hypertension

Clinical research 3
Dr Rajesh Shah, India. Clinical trial for evaluation of a HIV Nosode in the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected participants
Dr Rosaria Ferreri, Italy. The clinical experience in the centre of integrated medicine – Pitigliano hospital
Dr Robert Mathie, UK. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised, placebo-controlled, trials of individualised homeopathic treatment

Closing Ceremony