SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2025
Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of chronic pulmonary diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cardiometabolic reprogramming in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Implications for right ventricular dysfunction and therapeutic strategies.Chinese herbal medicines · 2026Review
- UHPLC -Q-Orbitrap HRMS Integrated with Network Pharmacology Reveals the Anti-COPD Mechanism of Jianzhong Peiyuan Decoction and Functional Validation of Core Component Luteolin.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: To assess the efficacy and safety of various TCMIs treatments for COPD using network meta-analysis, providing evidence and guidance for clinical practice. Methods: We will search 7 databases for randomized controlled trials of TCMI for the COPD, including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMbase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biological Medicine, Chinese Scientific Journals Database, and Wan-fang databases, from the date of the establishment of each database to October 31, 2021. The network meta-analysis will be implemented through Aggregate Data Drug Information System 1.16.8 and Stata13.0 software. Pulmonary function included forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV1/FVC will be the primary outcomes, FEV1 as a percentage of the estimated value, maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV), MVV as a percentage of the estimated value, 6 min walking distance, The St. Results: A total of seven appropriate studies were identified, encompassing 490 patients. The quality of the literature was satisfactory, with no significant publication bias detected. The effectiveness rate for patients receiving a combination of TCM and Western Medicine (WM) compared to those on WM alone was evaluated as an odds ratio (OR), with statistical testing yielding Conclusion: The results of this study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of TCMI in the treatment of COPD, and provide decision-making references for future clinical and scientific research. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420251047046, identifier CRD420251047046.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.