STROKE
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 30 to 65 years old; 2. The first onset of stroke; 3. Diagnosis of unilateral, non-recurring, subacute stroke of ischemic and lacunar type, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) through computed omography or magnetic resonance imaging conducted by neurologists; 4. Meet the TCM pattern diagnosis of stroke in meridian syndrome; 5. Patients should have a score between 6 and 20 according to National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); 6. Four weeks to eight weeks after onset of stroke; 7. Provision of signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a known history of allergy or suspected allergy to the medicines used in the study; 2. Patients who suffered from serious heart, liver or kidney-related diseases, blood coagulation dysfunction or severe mental disorders; 3. Patients with other complications; 4. Uncontrolled NYHA class III hypertension (systolic blood pressure =180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure =110 mmHg); 5. Fasting blood glucose 16.8 mmol/l or with severe complications due to diabetes (e.g., diabetic gangrene, or peripheral neuropathy); 6. Liver function impairment with the value of ALT or AST over 1.5-fold the upper limit of normal range; 7. Renal dysfunction with the value of serum creatinine over 1.5-fold the upper limit of normal range; 8. Patients with active peptic ulcers or other hemorrhagic diseases; 9. Patients who participate in other clinical trials, either currently or within the past 90 days.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NIHSS;WHOQOL-BREF; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHuiling Chen
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed