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Study of the Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Chronic Urticaria

NCT01715740 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2016-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Urticaria is a common dermatology disease. Urticaria affects nearly 25% of the population at some time in their lives. Recurrent skin itch, insomnia, daily activities limitation greatly affect the quality of life. Some patient with chronic urticaria who had poor response to antihistamine may need second line medication. In United States, up to 54% chronic urticarial patient use oral corticosteroid to control. However, long-term use of oral steroids still needs to consider the impact of its side effects. Therefore, patients may seek for alternative medicine as an adjuvant therapy.

It is still lack large-scale clinical trials in Traditional Chinese Medicine research of chronic urticarial. The aim of this study is to conduct a double-blind, randomized clinical trial to analyze the effectiveness of Chinese medicine in chronic urticaria and its possible mechanisms.

Conditions

  • Chronic Urticaria

Interventions

DRUG

Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM)

Each CHM capsule, weighing 500mg, consists of XFS 250 mg and QSFFT 250 mg.

DRUG

Placebo

Encapsulated powder with similar taste, color, odor to intervention Chinese herbal medicine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sien-hung Yang, Ph.D. · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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