Chronic heart failure with loss of appetite
Conditions
Interventions
The patients were randomly assigned to group A or group B.
group A:Conventional treatment.
group B :Oral administration of TSUMURA Rikkunshito 7.5 g/day in 2 or 3 divided doses before or between meals
Sponsors
Seo Masahiro
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure:Patients with a history of hospitalization for heart failure or Patients with risk factors for heart failure, symptoms of heart failure such as shortness of breath, or abnormal ECG, and NT-proBNP>=125pg/ml or BNP>=35pg/ml which was measured at the timing within 3 months of informed consent, and some abnormal findings on echocardiography. (2) Patients with an appetite loss:CNAQ(Council on Nutrition appetite questionnaire)-J of 28 or less (3) Patients who are age 20 years and over on the day informed consent obtained and are adequate oral intake (4) Patients who can provide written consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients using the implantable medical device (2) Patients with BMI > 23.5 kg/m2 (3) Patients who have used Rikkunshito and/or other kampo medicines within 4 weeks before enrollment (4) Patients hospitalized for acute heart failure within 3 months before study consent (5) Patients scheduled for catheter intervention or ablation/cardiac surgery within the study period (6) Patients unable to stand (If patients can hold on, patients can register.) (7) Patients on dialysis (8) Patients with malignant disease with a prognosis considered to be within 6 months (9) Patients who received gastrectomy (10) Patients with a history of allergy to kampo medicines (11) Patients who are pregnant or potentially pregnant, patients breast-feeding, or patients aiming to become pregnant during the clinical trial (12) Patients who are ineligible in the opinion of the investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the amount of change SMI by the BIA method using Seca mBCA 515 Medical Body Composition Analyzer. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) Body composition(SMI,FFMI,BMI,FMI,phase angle,ECW/TBW) (2) Questionnaire survey(QOL(KCCQ,EQ-5D-5L), Appetite score(CNAQ-J), PGA) (3) Blood test (RBC, WBC (Basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes), Hb, Ht, Plt, Alb, Prealbumin, T-Chol, CHE, BNP, NT-proBNP, Na, K, Cl, AST, ALT, AI-P, gamma-GTP, T-Bil, Cr, BUN, Uric acid, CRP, High-sensitivity CRP) (4) Outpatient blood test (appetite hormone: acylated ghrelin, unacylated ghrelin, inflammatory marker: IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, growth hormone: Growth Hormone, IGF-1, IGFBP-3, others: blood Sirtuin-1) (5) Transthoracic echocardiography (heart rate, presence of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, LVDd/Ds, left ventricular end-diastolic volume /end systolic volume, IVS/PW, FS, LVEF, Left atrial volume, E wave, A wave, E/A, DcT, e' wave, a' wave, E/e', LVOT-VTI, RVD, TRPG, IVC maximum diameter / minimum diameter, TAPSE, FAC, S' wave, aortic insufficiency(severity), mitral insufficiency(severity), tricuspid insufficiency(severity), myocardial strain analysis, LVOT diameter, CO, CI) (6) Grip power (7) Prognosis information(total death, cardiovascular death, non-cardiovascular death, heart failure admission) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMasahiro Seo
Osaka General Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed