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Prospective randomized controlled trial study of Luofengning granule in the treatment of unstable angina.

Kai Wang, Jun-Jun Cai, Yang Wu, Yu Wang, Lei-Lei Liu, Lei Shi, Xian Wang

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Kai WangDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
Jun-Jun CaiDepartment of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin.
Yang WuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
Yu WangDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
Lei-Lei LiuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Lei ShiSchool of Life Science.
Xian WangDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
Financial University · RUBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAlthough the current western treatment plans for unstable angina (UA) has been optimized in past decades, UA still is a common phenotype of acute coronary syndrome and significantly influence the quality of life and endanger lives. In China, the clinical application of Chinese herb medicine is considered as an effective approach to treating UA and widely recognized by patients. In clinical practices, we found Luofengning granule (LFN-G) could improve clinical manifestations of patients with UA, but there is lack of rigorous proof of evidence-based medicine. This trial aims to further evaluate the efficacy of LFN-G in the treatment of UA.

methodsA prospective, open-label, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical will be performed. A total of 60 patients diagnosed with UA will be randomly allocated to either the treatment group or the control group with a 1:1 ratio. The participants in the treatment group will receive LFN-G treatment and the participants in the control group will receive placebo. Meanwhile, both groups continue to undergo standard western medicine treatments. The duration of interventions is 4 weeks. The primary endpoint is the incidence of major cardiac adverse events, defined as a composite of recurrent angina, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), severe arrhythmia, heart failure, and cardiac death. Secondary outcomes include Seattle angina scale score, Chinese medicine syndromes and electrocardiograph (at weeks 0, 1, 2, 4), myocardial nuclides perfusion, measurement of wall motion score index and left ventricular ejection fraction, serum inflammation factors such as C-reactive protein, high sensitive-C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and so on (at weeks 0, 4). In addition, some biochemical indexes of blood and hematological indexes will be used to assess the safety of treatments. Any adverse effects of the treatment will be recorded. DISCUSSION: The results of this trial will provide compelling evidence of the efficacy and safety of LFN-G for treatment of UA and preliminarily reveal the potential mechanism of how LFN-G acts. Finally, it will widen treatment options for patients with UA.

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Angina, UnstableDrugs, Chinese HerbalAdministration, OralAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicYoung AdultDrugs, Chinese Herballuofengning

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