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Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Wenzhou has achieved great progress in the prevention and control of the growing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an indispensable role in this fight. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Maxingshigan-Weijing decoc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2021.100782 |
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author | Zeng, Congcong Yuan, Zhengzhong Zhu, Jiahui Wang, Yintong Xie, Yongyong Ye, Ren Cheng, Jinguo |
author_facet | Zeng, Congcong Yuan, Zhengzhong Zhu, Jiahui Wang, Yintong Xie, Yongyong Ye, Ren Cheng, Jinguo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Wenzhou has achieved great progress in the prevention and control of the growing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an indispensable role in this fight. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Maxingshigan-Weijing decoction (MWD) in treating infected patients. METHODS: This study was an open-label randomized controlled trial. Inpatients with mild or moderate symptoms caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were randomly treated with routine supportive care alone or a combination of routine supportive care and MWD. The primary outcome was the rate of symptom (fever, fatigue, cough and difficulty breathing) recovery. RESULTS: Fifty-nine inpatients were enrolled, of whom 29 received routine supportive care alone (control group) and 30 received combination therapy (treatment group). The rate of symptom recovery was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group. The time to recovery of fever (3 vs. 7 days), fatigue (9 vs. 12 days), coughing (9 vs. 14 days) and difficulty breathing (4.5 vs. 9.5 days) was also significantly shorter in the treatment group (all p < 0.001). The syndrome score was lower after MWD treatment. However, neither group differed in the viral assay findings, hospitalization days, medication time or the rate of conversion to severe cases. CONCLUSIONS: MWD increased the rate of symptom recovery and shortened the time to recovery of clinical symptoms without deterioration to death or critical care. These findings may provide opportunities for the use of complementary medicine in treating this infection. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2000030759. |
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spelling | pubmed-85075662021-10-13 Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial Zeng, Congcong Yuan, Zhengzhong Zhu, Jiahui Wang, Yintong Xie, Yongyong Ye, Ren Cheng, Jinguo Integr Med Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Wenzhou has achieved great progress in the prevention and control of the growing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played an indispensable role in this fight. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Maxingshigan-Weijing decoction (MWD) in treating infected patients. METHODS: This study was an open-label randomized controlled trial. Inpatients with mild or moderate symptoms caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were randomly treated with routine supportive care alone or a combination of routine supportive care and MWD. The primary outcome was the rate of symptom (fever, fatigue, cough and difficulty breathing) recovery. RESULTS: Fifty-nine inpatients were enrolled, of whom 29 received routine supportive care alone (control group) and 30 received combination therapy (treatment group). The rate of symptom recovery was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group. The time to recovery of fever (3 vs. 7 days), fatigue (9 vs. 12 days), coughing (9 vs. 14 days) and difficulty breathing (4.5 vs. 9.5 days) was also significantly shorter in the treatment group (all p < 0.001). The syndrome score was lower after MWD treatment. However, neither group differed in the viral assay findings, hospitalization days, medication time or the rate of conversion to severe cases. CONCLUSIONS: MWD increased the rate of symptom recovery and shortened the time to recovery of clinical symptoms without deterioration to death or critical care. These findings may provide opportunities for the use of complementary medicine in treating this infection. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2000030759. Elsevier 2021 2021-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8507566/ /pubmed/34660195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2021.100782 Text en © 2021 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zeng, Congcong Yuan, Zhengzhong Zhu, Jiahui Wang, Yintong Xie, Yongyong Ye, Ren Cheng, Jinguo Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title | Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (Maxingshigan-Weijing Decoction) on COVID-19: An open-label randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | therapeutic effects of traditional chinese medicine (maxingshigan-weijing decoction) on covid-19: an open-label randomized controlled trial |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2021.100782 |
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