Health Services Research with Herbal Medicinal Products
Herbal medicinal products are used almost exclusively in self-medication. In order to record patients’ experiences with herbal medicinal products, Kooperation Phytopharmaka has launched the “PhytoVIS Experience Database” project with the aim of collecting data on the benefits of patients under everyday conditions.
PhytoVIS is an abbreviation and stands for trust, information and safety in the use of herbal medicines. It is a database with anonymized health care research data. In cooperation with the Institute for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology at the University of Cologne, an online questionnaire was developed and surveys were conducted in pharmacies and doctors’ practices. PhytoVIS thus makes an important contribution to health care research in the field of herbal medicinal products.
PhytoVIS – Previous Projects
After completing a large number of scientific evaluations of the previous project, the data collection will be relaunched in 2026 as PhytoVis 2.0.
The project is accessible via the EMA/ENCePP’s electronic study register. The framework conditions for PhytoVIS projects can be found in the statutes (pdf).
So far, the following project proposals have been submitted to and accepted by the PhytoVIS review group of the Science Working Group of Kooperation Phytopharmaka within the framework of this project, which is registered in the ENCePP register:
| Title | Status | Project partner |
|---|---|---|
| Phytotherapeutika in der Spontanberichtserfassung (in German) | accepted | Prof. Dr. Werner Knöss University of Bonn |
| Beeinflussen Multimorbidität und Polypharmazie den CGI-E Score unter Anwendern pflanzlicher Arzneimittel über 75 Jahre? (in German) | accepted | Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Razum Supervisor Master Thesis |
Scientific institutions can submit project proposals to Kooperation Phytopharmaka and carry out evaluations in the database. The sample of a project application is available on request from Kooperation Phytopharmaka.
Are you a manufacturer of a herbal medicinal product and looking for product-related data? Then our office will be happy to help you: info@phytovis.de
If you are interested or if you have any further questions about these projects, please write to us: info@phytovis.de
