AIM:To study the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)intervention"tonifying the kidney to promote liver regeneration and repair by affecting stem cells and their microenvironment"("TTK...AIM:To study the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)intervention"tonifying the kidney to promote liver regeneration and repair by affecting stem cells and their microenvironment"("TTK")for treating liver failure due to chronic hepatitis B.METHODS:We designed the study as a randomized controlled clinical trial.Registration number of Chinese Clinical Trial Registry is Chi CTR-TRC-12002961.A total of 144 patients with liver failure due to infection with chronic hepatitis B virus were enrolled in this randomized controlled clinical study.Participants were randomly assigned to the following three groups:(1)a modern medicine control group(MMC group,36patients);(2)a"tonifying qi and detoxification"("TQD")group(72 patients);and(3)a"tonifying the kidney to promote liver regeneration and repair by affecting stem cells and their microenvironment"("TTK")group(36patients).Patients in the MMC group received general internal medicine treatment;patients in the"TQD"group were given a TCM formula"tonifying qi and detoxification"and general internal medicine treatment;patients in the"TTK"group were given a TCM formula of"TTK"and general internal medicine treatment.All participants were treated for 8 wk and then followed at 48 wk following their final treatment.The primaryefficacy end point was the patient fatality rate in each group.Measurements of various virological and biochemical indicators served as secondary endpoints.The one-way analysis of variance and the t-test were used to compare patient outcomes in the different treatment groups.RESULTS:At the 48-wk post-treatment time point,the patient fatality rates in the MMC,"TQD",and"TTK"groups were 51.61%,35.38%,and 16.67%,respectively,and the differences between groups were statistically significant(P<0.05).However,there were no significant differences in the levels of hepatitis B virus DNA or prothrombin activity among the three groups(P>0.05).Patients in the"TTK"group had significantly higher levels of serum total bilirubin compared to MMC subjects(339.40μmol/L±270.09μmol/L vs 176.13μmol/L±185.70μmol/L,P=0.014).Serum albumin levels were significantly increased in both the"TQD"group and"TTK"group as compared with the MMC group(31.30 g/L±4.77g/L,30.72 g/L±2.89 g/L vs 28.57 g/L±4.56 g/L,P<0.05).There were no significant differences in levels of alanine transaminase among the three groups(P>0.05).Safety data showed that there was one case of stomachache in the"TQD"group and one case of gastrointestinal side effect in the"TTK"group.CONCLUSION:Treatment with"TTK"improved the survival rates of patients with liver failure due to chronic hepatitis B.Additionally,liver tissue was regenerated and liver function was restored.展开更多
目的探究功能性消化不良的中医辨证分型及用药规律,为该病的中医治疗提供参考。方法检索中国知网(CNKI)、万方数据库(Wangfang)、维普数据库(VIP)、PubMed、Web of Science数据库中有关中医药治疗功能性消化不良的临床研究文献,收集中...目的探究功能性消化不良的中医辨证分型及用药规律,为该病的中医治疗提供参考。方法检索中国知网(CNKI)、万方数据库(Wangfang)、维普数据库(VIP)、PubMed、Web of Science数据库中有关中医药治疗功能性消化不良的临床研究文献,收集中药复方,建立数据库,使用Excel 2019、Clementine 12.0和SPSS 21.0对功能性消化不良的中医证型、中药使用频次、功效分类、性味归经进行频次统计,并对高频药物进行关联规则分析、因子分析和聚类分析。结果共纳入文献428篇,提取处方442首,涉及中药225味,高频药物24味,其中党参、茯苓、陈皮、柴胡的使用频次最多,功效分类以补虚药、理气药最为常见,药性以温为主,药味以苦、辛、甘为主,多归脾、肺、胃经;关联规则分析得到20种药物组合,因子分析提取了9个公因子,聚类分析可将药物分为4类。功能性消化不良肝胃不和证最多,对其进行关联规则分析得到12种药物组合,因子分析提取了3个公因子,聚类分析可将药物分为2类。结论中医临床治疗功能性消化不良以益气健脾、疏肝行气药为主,甘温补虚、辛开苦降,辨证配伍化湿、解表、清热等药物。展开更多
基金Supported by National Science and Technology Key Projects on"Major Infectious Diseases such as HIV/AIDS,Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment",No.2008ZX10005-007Research Projects of Key Disease of National Traditional Chinese Medicine(Hepatopathy)Clinical Research Center(Hubei Province),No.JDZX2012054+3 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81373513,No.90709041,No.30672590,No.30271562,No.30371787,No.81102531 and No.81274147Key Projects of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province,No.2011CDB463Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Programs in Institution of Higher Education,No.20124230110001Key Subjects of Department of Science and Technology of Wuhan City,No.201260523199
文摘AIM:To study the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)intervention"tonifying the kidney to promote liver regeneration and repair by affecting stem cells and their microenvironment"("TTK")for treating liver failure due to chronic hepatitis B.METHODS:We designed the study as a randomized controlled clinical trial.Registration number of Chinese Clinical Trial Registry is Chi CTR-TRC-12002961.A total of 144 patients with liver failure due to infection with chronic hepatitis B virus were enrolled in this randomized controlled clinical study.Participants were randomly assigned to the following three groups:(1)a modern medicine control group(MMC group,36patients);(2)a"tonifying qi and detoxification"("TQD")group(72 patients);and(3)a"tonifying the kidney to promote liver regeneration and repair by affecting stem cells and their microenvironment"("TTK")group(36patients).Patients in the MMC group received general internal medicine treatment;patients in the"TQD"group were given a TCM formula"tonifying qi and detoxification"and general internal medicine treatment;patients in the"TTK"group were given a TCM formula of"TTK"and general internal medicine treatment.All participants were treated for 8 wk and then followed at 48 wk following their final treatment.The primaryefficacy end point was the patient fatality rate in each group.Measurements of various virological and biochemical indicators served as secondary endpoints.The one-way analysis of variance and the t-test were used to compare patient outcomes in the different treatment groups.RESULTS:At the 48-wk post-treatment time point,the patient fatality rates in the MMC,"TQD",and"TTK"groups were 51.61%,35.38%,and 16.67%,respectively,and the differences between groups were statistically significant(P<0.05).However,there were no significant differences in the levels of hepatitis B virus DNA or prothrombin activity among the three groups(P>0.05).Patients in the"TTK"group had significantly higher levels of serum total bilirubin compared to MMC subjects(339.40μmol/L±270.09μmol/L vs 176.13μmol/L±185.70μmol/L,P=0.014).Serum albumin levels were significantly increased in both the"TQD"group and"TTK"group as compared with the MMC group(31.30 g/L±4.77g/L,30.72 g/L±2.89 g/L vs 28.57 g/L±4.56 g/L,P<0.05).There were no significant differences in levels of alanine transaminase among the three groups(P>0.05).Safety data showed that there was one case of stomachache in the"TQD"group and one case of gastrointestinal side effect in the"TTK"group.CONCLUSION:Treatment with"TTK"improved the survival rates of patients with liver failure due to chronic hepatitis B.Additionally,liver tissue was regenerated and liver function was restored.
