General Anxiety Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)Meets the diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder in DSM-5; (2)Meets the diagnostic criteria of traditional Chinese medicine for liver blood deficiency deficiency heat and internal disturbance syndrome; (3)Age range from 18 to 70 years old (including endpoint values) male and female not limited; (4)14 points = Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) score<28 points anxiety state (item 1) score = 2 points insomnia (item 4) score = 2 points cardiovascular system symptoms (item 9) or autonomic nervous system symptoms (item 13) score = 2 points; (5)Understand and voluntarily sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)Diagnosed within 6 months prior to screening with a psychiatric disorder other than GAD that meets DSM-5 criteria including but not limited to: separation anxiety disorder selective mutism specific phobia social anxiety disorder (social phobia) panic disorder agoraphobia substance/substance-induced anxiety disorders anxiety disorders due to other physical illnesses depressive disorders obsessive-compulsive disorders bipolar and psychotic disorders neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders and anorexia nervosa; (2)Comorbidity with any substance-related and addictive disorder including alcohol marijuana hallucinogens inhalants opioids sedatives hypnotic drugs stimulants etc; (3)Individuals with a history of drug abuse; (4)During the trial period psychotropic and sleeping pills cannot be discontinued; (5)Previously received or unable to stop systemic psychotherapy during the trial period; (6)Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score>18 points or HAMA Depression Mood Scale (item 6) score>2 points; (7)The baseline HAMA score before enrollment was compared with that during screening and the score reduction rate was = 25%; (8)HAMD suicide score = 3 points; (9)Known past evidence of comorbidities of the nervous system (such as cerebrovascular disease intracranial space occupying lesions etc.); (10)Patients with liver kidney hematopoietic system endocrine system and other serious primary diseases and malignant tumors or ALT AST > 2.0 ULN Scr > 1.0 ULN; (11)Fasting blood glucose > 8mmol/L glycosylated hemoglobin =6.5%; (12)People who are known to have a history of allergies to drugs with similar composition and chemical structure of the investigational drug or mimicant (e.g. people who are allergic to more than two drugs or food); (13)Women of childbearing potential are pregnant lactating have a birth plan during the study period have a positive pregnancy test (urine HCG or blood HCG) or cannot take effective contraceptive measures during the trial; (14)Patients who have participated in or are currently participating in another drug clinical trial within 3 months prior to enrolling in this trial; (15)Participants considered inappropriate for clinical trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| HAMA score subtraction from baseline (8 weeks); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of subjects with =50% reduction in HAMA score (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);Type, frequency, and dosage of sleeping drugs and anti-anxiety drugs (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);Insomnia Severity Index(ISI) scores (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);HAMA score subtraction from baseline (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks);Chinese medicine symptom score;Quality of Life Assessment Brief scores (QOL-BREF)(2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);HAMA factor scores (somatic anxiety, psychic anxiety) (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);Proportion of subjects with HAMA scores =7 (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement(CGI-I) score reduction from baseline (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks);Clinical Global Impressions-Severity(CGI-S)score reduction from baseline (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Xiyuan Hospital China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences