Study on the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma With Traditional Chinese Medicine

NCT ID: NCT02937207

Last Updated: 2020-02-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

288 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-07-30

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of asthma, and to promote the application in community hospitals.

Detailed Description

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Asthma is a serious global health problem and has increasing prevalence in many countries.Although asthma symptoms can be controlled by drug treatment to a large extent, there is still inadequate.Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating asthma, and has a good clinical curative effect.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of asthma, and to promote the application in community hospitals. This could constitute a significant advance in asthma management.

In this study, the investigators recruited patients with asthma exacerbation and remission stage, and gave the corresponding western medicine background treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment program.Participants will undergo a physical examination, lung function, blood and sputum collection.

Exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma patients will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture, wind phlegm type of asthma patients will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture and Xie Wu Capsule,and hot type of asthma patients will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet for 14 days treatment, while the 3 control groups were given 3 corresponding placebo treatment for a total of 14 days.

Remission phase of Yang deficiency patients in treatment group will take Zhi Chuan Capsule and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule, and in control group received a placebo treatment for a total of 60 days.

Study visits will occur for 7 days of exacerbation group and 1 year for remission group. Questionnaires to assess asthma control will be completed during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months.

Conditions

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Bronchial Asthma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Hanxiao treatment group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

Hanxiao control group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

Fengtanxiao treatment group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to wind phlegm type of asthma will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture and Xie Wu Capsule oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

Xie Wu Capsule

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Jianhua Hu

Fengtanxiao control group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to wind phlegm type of asthma will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo and Xie Wu Capsule placebo oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

Xie Wu Capsule placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Xie Wu Capsule

Rexiao treatment group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to hot type of asthma will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dan Ma Jia Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Xiaopu Xu

Rexiao control group

36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to hot type of asthma will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet placebo oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Dan Ma Jia Tablet placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Dan Ma Jia Tablet

Xuxiao treatment group

36 patients of remission phase of Yang deficiency of asthma will take Zhi Chuan Capsule and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Zhi Chuan Capsule

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

Intervention Type DRUG

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

Xuxiao control group

36 patients of remission phase of Yang deficiency of asthma will take Zhi Chuan Capsule placebo and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Zhi Chuan Capsule placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Zhi Chuan Capsule

Bu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

Interventions

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Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

Intervention Type DRUG

Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

Intervention Type DRUG

Xie Wu Capsule

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Jianhua Hu

Intervention Type DRUG

Dan Ma Jia Tablet

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Xiaopu Xu

Intervention Type DRUG

Zhi Chuan Capsule

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

Intervention Type DRUG

Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

Intervention Type DRUG

Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

Intervention Type DRUG

Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

Intervention Type DRUG

Xie Wu Capsule placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Xie Wu Capsule

Intervention Type DRUG

Dan Ma Jia Tablet placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Dan Ma Jia Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Zhi Chuan Capsule placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Zhi Chuan Capsule

Intervention Type DRUG

Bu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo

Low dose combination for treating prescription of Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Ke Chuan Liu Wei He Ji Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan He Ji Xie Wu Jiao Nang Dan Ma Jia Pian Zhi Chuan Jiao Nang Bu Shen Na Qi Ke Li placebo placebo placebo placebo placebo placebo

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients had positive bronchodilator reversibility test or positive bronchial challenge test or more than 50 parts per billion of FENO before
* Number of months without control between 1 and 3 months last year
* The course of asthma was more than 10 years and less than 30 years
* Conform to the predetermined 4 TCM Syndrome Types
* Patients who have given written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Smoking and continuous exposure to hazardous environment
* With fever, or severity of intermittent state, high degree of sustained, or with respiratory failure, etc.
* Long term inhaled corticosteroids (more than 5 years) prior to study entry
* Pulmonary emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary heart disease, pneumonia, lung cancer and other lung diseases
* Rheumatic immune disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, menopause, gastroesophageal reflux, arrhythmia and other complications of the disease
* Heart, liver, kidney and other organ dysfunction
* Accompanied by other diseases of long-term use of glucocorticoids, anti allergy drugs, mental or neurological drugs or traditional Chinese Medicine
* Patients who are allergic to therapeutic medicine
* Female patients in lactation period, pregnancy or planning to get pregnant during the trial
* Patients with mental or neurological disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Zhenhui Lu, Doctor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Longhua Hospital

Locations

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Fenglin Street Community Health Service Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Kangjian Street Community Health Service Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Tianping Street Community Health Service Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Longhua Hospital Affiliated Shanghai University of TCM

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Fengxian District Hospital of TCM

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Zifeng Ma, Master

Role: CONTACT

+8602164385700 ext. 1307

Shaoyan Zhang, Doctor

Role: CONTACT

+8602164385700 ext. 1307

Facility Contacts

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Chuntao Yi, Master

Role: primary

+8618817338803

Taiquan Huang, Master

Role: primary

+8613918375404

Xin He, Master

Role: primary

+8613501903509

Zifeng Ma, Master

Role: primary

+8618817338863

Fang Fang, Master

Role: primary

+8613816856217

Other Identifiers

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LH20161013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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