The effectiveness and safety of Tanreqing Injection combined with ganciclovir on the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in children: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Based on the Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this study systematically evaluated the effectiveness and safety of Chinese medicine preparation Tanreqing injection combined with ganciclovir on the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in children, and provided new ideas and methods for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia (RSVP) in children. At the same time, it also studies the effectiveness and safety of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine on the treatment of related diseases from the direction of evidence-based medicine. METHODS: The relevant literature was searched by the computer in the electronic network databases, the retrieved databases include Chinese database and English database, English database includes PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Web of Science. Chinese database includes: CNKI, SinoMed, WangFang Date, VIP and other networks electronic full-text database, conducting a randomized controlled trial of Tanreqing Injection combined with ganciclovir (study group) and ganciclovir alone (control group) on the treatment of RSVP in children and the retrieval time limit is set from the establishment of each database to July 1, 2020. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the literature is independently searched and screened by 2 researchers, and conducting the full-text retrieval and evaluation of the research to be included, and extracting the information and checking it after reading the full-text; In case of disagreement, a third researcher will be invited to participate, and the decision is made after discussion by the 3 researchers. They were using the bias risk assessment tool provided by the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions 3.0.2 to evaluate the selected literature. They were using RevMan 5.3 statistical software to conduct statistical analysis. RESULTS: This study will be carried out in full accordance with the steps of systematic review as required in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. All research results will be published publicly in international academic journals with peer review. CONCLUSION: After the meta-analysis of Tanreqing injection combined with ganciclovir on the treatment of RSVP in children, this paper will give a scientific and objective judgment on the effectiveness and safety of the combined use of Chinese and Western medicine on the treatment of RSVP in children, to provide evidence-based medical evidence for the clinical application, effectiveness and safety of Chinese and Western medicine combined on the treatment of RSVP in children. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: OSF platform, registration number: j2bz5.