Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Outcomes in Patients With Severe / Very Severe COPD

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two treatments for severe / very severe COPD patients: one, conventional medicine based on 2013 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and Chinese Treatment Guidelines; the other, TCM treatments and conventional medicine, which have been evaluated and have certain effect.

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2016-12

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Li J, Xie Y, Wang M, Li S, Yu X, Zhang N, Zhu Z, Zhang W, Feng J, Sun Z, Lin L, Sun Z, Zhang H, Yu X. Effect of traditional Chinese medicine combined with conventional Western medicine for patients with severe/very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Chin Med. 2025 May 20;20(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s13020-025-01117-x.

Drugs

Indications