Study of the Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Chronic Urticaria
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.
Timeline
- Start
- 2012-11
- Primary completion
- 2015-08
- Completion
- 2015-11
Outcome
Met primary endpoint
paper Participants in the CHM group had more prominent symptom relief on day 56 PMID 30618764 ↗
paper the weekly urticaria activity score, UAS7, as 9.9 ± 9.2 vs. 15.6 ± 10.8, p = 0.038 PMID 30618764 ↗
Publications
- Background Kato S, Kato TA, Nishie H, Nishima S, Iwanaga T, Monji A, Nakano M, Takeshita H, Furue M. Successful treatment of chronic urticaria with a Japanese herbal medicine, yokukansan. J Dermatol. 2010 Dec;37(12):1066-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00937.x. Epub 2010 Sep 29. No abstract available.
- Background Najib U, Bajwa ZH, Ostro MG, Sheikh J. A retrospective review of clinical presentation, thyroid autoimmunity, laboratory characteristics, and therapies used in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Dec;103(6):496-501. doi: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60266-9.
- Background Kulthanan K, Jiamton S, Thumpimukvatana N, Pinkaew S. Chronic idiopathic urticaria: prevalence and clinical course. J Dermatol. 2007 May;34(5):294-301. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00276.x.
- Yang SH, Lin YH, Lin JR, Chen HY, Hu S, Yang YH, Yang YH, Yang YS, Fang YF. The Efficacy and Safety of a Fixed Combination of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Chronic Urticaria: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study. Front Pharmacol. 2018 Dec 18;9:1474. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01474. eCollection 2018.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | QSFFT (Qin-shang-fang-fen-tang) | Unknown | 2 g | — |
| Subject | XFS (Xiao-feng-san): | Unknown | 2 g | — |