CHInese Medicine NeuroAid Efficacy on Stroke Recovery

Summary

CHIMES is a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized, multicenter study to test the hypothesis that NeuroAid is superior to placebo in reducing neurological deficit and improving functional outcome in patients with cerebral infarction of an intermediate range of severity.

Timeline

Start

2007-05

Primary completion

2012-08

Completion

2012-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper MLC601 is statistically no better than placebo in improving outcomes at 3 months when used among patients with acute ischemic stroke of intermediate severity. PMID 23780952 ↗

paper The modified Rankin Scale shift analysis-adjusted odds ratio was 1.09 (95% confidence interval, 0.86-1.32). PMID 23780952 ↗

Publications

• Background Young SH, Zhao Y, Koh A, Singh R, Chan BP, Chang HM, Venketasubramanian N, Chen C; CHIMES Investigators. Safety profile of MLC601 (Neuroaid) in acute ischemic stroke patients: A Singaporean substudy of the Chinese medicine neuroaid efficacy on stroke recovery study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010;30(1):1-6. doi: 10.1159/000313398. Epub 2010 Apr 16.
• Background Chen C, Venketasubramanian N, Gan RN, Lambert C, Picard D, Chan BP, Chan E, Bousser MG, Xuemin S. Danqi Piantang Jiaonang (DJ), a traditional Chinese medicine, in poststroke recovery. Stroke. 2009 Mar;40(3):859-63. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.531616. Epub 2009 Jan 22.
• Background Gan R, Lambert C, Lianting J, Chan ES, Venketasubramanian N, Chen C, Chan BP, Samama MM, Bousser MG. Danqi Piantan Jiaonang does not modify hemostasis, hematology, and biochemistry in normal subjects and stroke patients. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008;25(5):450-6. doi: 10.1159/000126919. Epub 2008 Apr 16.
• Background Venketasubramanian N, Chen CL, Gan RN, Chan BP, Chang HM, Tan SB, Picard D, Navarro JC, Baroque AC 2nd, Poungvarin N, Donnan GA, Bousser MG; CHIMES Investigators. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, multicenter study to investigate CHInese Medicine Neuroaid Efficacy on Stroke recovery (CHIMES Study). Int J Stroke. 2009 Feb;4(1):54-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00237.x.
• Chen CLH, Chai JH, Pokharkar YM, Venketasubramanian N. Cost-effectiveness of MLC601 in post-stroke functional recovery compared with placebo - the CHIMES & CHIMES-E studies. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):1127. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11618-4.
• Lee CF, Venketasubramanian N, Wong KS, Chen CL; CHIMES Study Investigators. Comparison Between the Original and Shortened Versions of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale in Ischemic Stroke Patients of Intermediate Severity. Stroke. 2016 Jan;47(1):236-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011657. Epub 2015 Dec 1.
• Chen CL, Venketasubramanian N, Lee CF, Wong KS, Bousser MG; CHIMES Study Investigators. Effects of MLC601 on early vascular events in patients after stroke: the CHIMES study. Stroke. 2013 Dec;44(12):3580-3. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003226. Epub 2013 Oct 17.
• Chen CL, Young SH, Gan HH, Singh R, Lao AY, Baroque AC 2nd, Chang HM, Hiyadan JH, Chua CL, Advincula JM, Muengtaweepongsa S, Chan BP, de Silva HA, Towanabut S, Suwanwela NC, Poungvarin N, Chankrachang S, Wong KS, Eow GB, Navarro JC, Venketasubramanian N, Lee CF, Bousser MG; CHIMES Study Investigators. Chinese medicine neuroaid efficacy on stroke recovery: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study. Stroke. 2013 Aug;44(8):2093-100. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002055. Epub 2013 Jun 18.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	NeuroAiD	Traditional medicine (herbal / TCM)	—	Oral

Indications