Conference Programme

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Opening Ceremony

Adjunctive Homeopathic Treatment in Cancer Patients
Prof Michael Frass, Austria. Influence of adjunctive classical homeopathy on global
health status and subjective wellbeing in cancer patients – a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Dr Elio Rossi, Italy. Homeopathy and complementary medicine in patients with breast cancer at the hospital of Lucca (Italy): clinical results

Homeopathy and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Alison Fixsen, UK. Can homeopathy offer a viable alternative to antibiotic use in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections? A review and discussion of the literature
Dr Peter Fisher, UK. Homeopathy and antimicrobial resistance
Petra Klement, Germany. Therapeutic effectiveness of a complex homeopathic medication in patients from 6 to 60 years with recurrent tonsillitis
Dr Suresh Sampath, India. Pilot study on anti-bacterial activity of homeopathic remedies: in vitro evaluation for treatment of chronic otitis media
Discussion – What role could homeopathy play in tackling AMR?

Systematic Reviews of Clinical Research
Rachel Roberts, UK. The Australian report – an in-depth analysis of the highly influential 2015 overview report on homeopathy
Dr Robert Mathie, UK. Systematic review of ‘pragmatic’ randomised controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment
Dr Katharina Gaertner, Switzerland. Systematic review of clinical trials of potentized substances – methods and subgroup-analyses
Research Organisation Updates

Poster Talks
Dr Stephan Baumgartner, Germany. Development of a Pisum sativum bioassay to test effects of homeopathic pillules
Dr Joyce Frye, USA. Individualized homeopathy reduces symptoms of chronic chikungunya in Haiti
Dr Gualberto Diaz-Saez, Spain. Use of homeopathic medicines in a public primary care setting
Zofia Dymitr, UK. Investigating provers’ experiences: a qualitative investigation of participants’ experiences of homeopathic pathogenetic trials
Dr Lefteris Tapakis, Greece. Analysis of cases with panic attacks treated with classical homeopathy

Dr Carlo Rezzani, Italy. Clificol: First Cases Output
Dr Lionel Milgrom, UK. Why is catalase so fast?  A holistic approach to enzyme biochemistry

Poster Session
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Lab-Based Research and Mechanism of Action
Dr Stephan Baumgartner, Germany. Highlights from 20 years of basic research in homeopathy
Dr Alexander Tournier, Germany. Is homeopathy really that implausible?
Dr Steven Cartwright, UK. Understanding the nature of the interaction between potencies and solvatochromic dyes; recent advances

Hospital-Based Research and Panel Session
Dr Emma Macías-Cortés, Mexico. Individualized homeopathic treatment and Fluoxetine for moderate to severe depression in peri- and postmenopausal women (Homdep-Menop Study): a randomized, double-dummy, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Panel session – Research priorities for the future

Clinical Research (1)
Dr Rajesh Shah, India. A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled, multi-centric clinical trial of ultra-diluted mycobacterium Tuberculosis nosode (Emtact 30C) in the management of recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract affections
Dr Sadanandan Gopinadhan, India. Homoeopathic management of schizophrenia: a prospective non-comparative open label observational study
Philippa Fibert, UK. Preliminary feasibility and clinical results of a pilot study of treatment by homeopaths for children with ADHD using the trials within cohorts (Twics) design
Dr Lex Rutten, Netherlands. Prognostic factor research on homeopathic cough treatment in India

Plant-Based Research & Qualitative Research
Anezka Marie Sokol, Denmark. Screening of different homeopathic preparations regarding specific effects on cress seedlings with a CuCl2-biocrystallization assay
Annekathrin Ücker, Germany. Reproduction of an arsenic-stressed duckweed bioassay using homeopathic preparations of Arsenicum album
Dr Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Switzerland. Preliminary study on force-like effects between As45X, water, and wheat seeds performed by means of the droplet evaporation method
Dr Irene Dorothee Schlingensiepen, Germany. Does Methodology Matter?  A Long Term Comparative Analysis of Current Homeopathic Methodologies

Provings and Methodology
Dr Robbert van Haselen, UK. Validating the clinical predictive value of homeopathic provings: a pilot study comparing retrospectively collected proving and clinical data
Prof Ashley Ross, South Africa. The validity of experimental symptoms in homoeopathic pathogenetic trials: a comparative appraisal of the number and quality of symptoms in placebo and verum groups
Dr Peter Smith, Germany. A thematic analysis of seven recent high quality monospecies (Sus Scrofa Ferus Domesticus) sarcode provings
Dr Christien Klein-Laansma, Netherlands. International randomized controlled pilot study on homeopathy and PMS: latest outcomes, opportunities and pitfalls

Cell-based and Veterinary Research
Dr Leoni Bonamin, Brazil. Phosphorus modifies macrophage – E. Cuniculi interaction in a potency-dependent basis in vitro
Dr Gustavo Aguilar-Velazquez, Mexico. Effects of homeopathic dilutions of E. angustifolia and T. occidentalis on cervical cancer cells
Dr Sophie Scheffer, France. A homeopathic specialty protects from the mutagenic effects of mitomycin c
Dr Cidéli Coelho, Brazil. Use of ultradiluted medications, Nux vomica and Papaver somniferum, as an aid to the anesthesia recovery of cats submitted to elective ovariohysterectomy

Screening of film “Just One Drop”

Clinical Research (2)
Sandra Würtenberger, Germany. Physicochemical investigations of homeopathic potencies: a systematic review of the literature
Dr Michel van Wassenhoven, Belgium. A comprehensive approach of homeopathic medicine, nanoparticles search, solvent and electron behavior using a metal and a plant model to answer the question, “What is the signature of a homeopathic dynamized medicine?”
Dr Klaus von Ammon, Switzerland. More clinical observations suggesting an immaterial mode of action in potentized remedies
Dr José Enrique Eizayaga, Argentina. Prevalence of homeopathic aggravation in chronic patients

Clinical Research (3) and Provings
Prof Ka Lun Aaron To, China. Individualized homeopathic treatment in addition to conventional treatment in type II diabetic patients in Hong Kong – retrospective cohort study
Dr Robert Mathie, UK. Model validity and risk of bias in randomised, placebo-controlled trials of non-individualised homeopathic treatment: impact on meta-analysis findings
Prof Harald Walach, Germany. Homeopathic pathogenetic trials – trials and tribulations and a potential way forward

Closing Ceremony