| 1 | Clinical efficacy of comprehensive therapy based on traditional Chinese medicine patterns on patients with pneumoconiosis: a pilot double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled study显示文摘Effective therapy options for pneumoconiosis are lacking.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)presents a favorable prospect in the treatment of pneumoconiosis.A pilot study on TCM syndrome differentiation can evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of TCM and lay a foundation for further clinical research.A double-blind,randomized,and placebo-controlled trial was conducted for 24 weeks,in which 96 patients with pneumoconiosis were randomly divided into the control and treatment groups.Symptomatic treatment was conducted for the two groups.The treatment group was treated with TCM syndrome differentiation,and the control group was treated with placebo.The primary outcomes were the six-minute walking distance(6MWD)and the St.George Respiratory Questionnaire(SGRQ)score.The secondary outcomes were the modified British Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale(mMRC),Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test(CAT),Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS),and pulmonary function.Only 83 patients from the 96 patients with pneumoconiosis finished the study.For the primary outcome,compared with the control groups,the treatment group showed a significantly increased 6MWD(407.90 m vs.499.51 m;95%confidence interval(CI)47.25 to 135.97;P<0.001)and improved SGRQ total score(44.48 vs.25.67;95%CI 27.87 to 9.74;P<0.001).The treatment group also significantly improved compared with the control group on mMRC score(1.4 vs.0.74;95%CI 1.08 to 0.23;P=0.003),CAT score(18.40 vs.14.65;95%CI 7.07 to 0.43;P=0.027),and the total symptom score(7.90 vs.5.14;95%CI 4.40 to 1.12;P<0.001).No serious adverse events occurred.This study showed that TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment had a favorable impact on the exercise endurance and quality of life of patients with pneumoconiosis. | Jiansheng Li Hulei Zhao Yang Xie Jieya Li Qingwei Li Xuexin Chen Weiyu Zhang | 2022 | Frontiers of Medicine2022,16,5: | 5 |
| 2 | Effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine combined with conventional medicine on acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:a systematic review and Meta-analysis显示文摘OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine(CHM) combined with conventional Western Medicine(CWM) on acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD) based on high-quality randomized placebocontrolled trials.METHODS:We searched PubMed,Embase,Cochrane Library,China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,China Science and Technology Journal Database,and Wanfang databases for randomized placebo-controlled trials of CHM treatment for AECOPD from inception to June 4,2021.The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool and the Grading of Recommendations,Assessment,Development and Evaluation were used to assess the risk of bias and the evidence quality of the included studies.Revman 5.3 software was used for Meta-analysis.RESULTS:A total of 9 trials involving 1591 patients were included.The Meta-analysis showed that based on CWM treatment,CHM group had significant advantages over the placebo group in ameliorating clinical total effective rate [RR = 1.29,95% CI(1.07,1.56),P = 0.007,low quality] and TCM symptom scores [MD =-2.99,95% CI(-4.46,-1.53),P < 0.0001,moderate quality],improving arterial blood gas results [PaO_(2):MD = 4.51,95% CI(1.97,7.04),P = 0.0005,moderate quality;PaCO_(2):MD =-2.87,95% CI(-4.28,-1.46),P < 0.0001,moderate quality],reducing CAT scores [MD =-2.08,95% CI(-2.85,-1.31),P < 0.000 01,moderate quality],length of hospitalization [MD =-1.87,95% CI(-3.33,-0.42),P = 0.01,moderate quality],and acute exacerbation rate [RR = 0.60,95% CI(0.43,0.83),P = 0.002,moderate quality].No serious CHM-related adverse events were reported.CONCLUSIONS:The current evidence indicates that CHM is an effective and well-tolerated adjunct therapy for AECOPD patients receiving CWM.However,considering the high heterogeneity,this conclusion requires confirmation. | GUO Wen LI Xuanlin ZHAO Hulei LEI Siyuan XIE Yang LI Jiansheng | 2023 | Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2023,43,2: | 1 |