Departments of, Clinical Research.
Biofield Therapy Center, 17 rue des ormes, F-50570, Marigny, France.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 2021 Jul;46(5):874-879. doi: 10.1111/ced.14623. Epub 2021 Apr 4.
Although biofield therapy is unexplained by scientific evidence, it has been practised for many years in numerous cultures for a variety of medical conditions. This study aimed to determine whether one session of biofield therapy with an experienced practitioner could treat warts on the hands and feet in adults. A single-blind, assessor-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial was performed between April 2016 and November 2018. The enrolled participants had at least one wart on the hand or foot that had been present for at least 90 days and they were not using any other therapy for the wart. The primary outcome of this trial was the disappearance of the original wart 3 weeks after session of proximal nontouch biofield therapy vs. a sham session. No original wart had disappeared 3 weeks after intervention (0/64), which made the study impossible to conclude on the primary objective. There were no significant differences between the two groups concerning wart disappearance 3 weeks (P = 0.49) or 6 weeks (P = 0.40) after the intervention. Reduction in wart size at Week 3 tended towards a better result for biofield therapy but this was not significant (P = 0.27). No related adverse effects were observed. The major limitation of this trial was the short follow-up time for measurement of clinical outcome, which did not allow verification of the hypothesis. However, this study shows that 3 weeks after a session of proximal nontouch biofield therapy is an insufficient length of time to assess biofield therapy in comparison with a sham session. Based on this study, biofield therapy cannot be recommended to treat warts within 3 weeks.
尽管生物场疗法尚无科学证据解释，但它在许多文化中已经被实践了多年，用于治疗各种医疗状况。本研究旨在确定经验丰富的从业者进行一次生物场疗法是否可以治疗成人手上和脚上的疣。这是一项单盲、评估者盲、安慰剂对照、随机试验，于 2016 年 4 月至 2018 年 11 月进行。入组的参与者手上或脚上至少有一个疣，且已经存在至少 90 天，并且他们没有使用任何其他方法来治疗疣。本试验的主要结局是与假治疗相比，接受近端非接触生物场治疗后 3 周时原始疣的消失。治疗后 3 周（0/64），没有原始疣消失，这使得研究无法得出主要目标的结论。干预后 3 周（P=0.49）或 6 周（P=0.40）时，两组之间在疣消失方面没有显著差异。第 3 周时疣大小的减少，生物场疗法的结果更好，但无统计学意义（P=0.27）。未观察到与治疗相关的不良反应。本试验的主要局限性是临床结局测量的随访时间短，无法验证假设。然而，本研究表明，与假治疗相比，进行一次近端非接触生物场治疗后 3 周的时间不足以评估生物场治疗。基于本研究，不能在 3 周内推荐生物场疗法来治疗疣。
