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Effect of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation on COVID-19 Infection

A Comparative Study on the Therapeutic Effect of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulation on COVID-19 Infection

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05672498
Enrollment
100
Registered
2023-01-05
Start date
2023-01-05
Completion date
2023-05-05
Last updated
2023-01-09

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Conditions

COVID-19

Brief summary

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been handed down for thousands of years. It has a long history in the treatment of virus infection and has a good effect on the upper respiratory tract infection. In recent years, the project applicant has been conducting research on the anti infection and anti inflammation treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and has carried out a lot of clinical practice exploration in non-specific inflammation. The purpose of this research is to study the therapeutic effect of a traditional Chinese medicine prescription on COVID-19 infection.

Interventions

The TCM Treatment Group:The patient are given a traditional Chinese medicine formulation, taking 150 ml of liquid medicine every morning and evening for 7 days.

OTHERPlacebo Treatment

Placebo Treatment Group:The patient are given placebo, taking 150 ml of liquid placebo every morning and evening for 7 days. All medications and placebo are packed identically in packing bags with the same labeling form.

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* In the past two to three days, COVID-19 test was positive, accompanied by more than one clinical symptom. * 18 ≤ age ≤ 65, regardless of gender; * Patients have good follow-up compliance.

Exclusion criteria

* Human immunodeficiency virus - 1 infection and malignant tumors; Active cardiovascular, kidney, lung, liver, blood, digestive, neurological or psychiatric diseases; Recent acute respiratory symptoms (within 4 weeks) . * Any drug that may interfere with the evaluation (for example, other herbal products such as Lianhua Qingwen, immunosuppressants, anticoagulants), or a history of allergy or other adverse reactions to traditional Chinese medicine products. * Pregnant or lactating women. * Allergic constitution and allergy to multiple drugs. * According to the judgment of the investigator, the subject suffers from any disease that may endanger his safety or affect his compliance with the protocol, or other conditions that are not suitable for the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
negative Covid-19 test resultin 7 days or after the interventionnegative test result
Disappearance or Improvement of the most common clinical symptomsin 7 days or after the interventionsuch as fever,cough,pharyngalgia

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Interleukin- 6in 7 days or after the interventionPg/ml
Procalcitoninin 7 days or after the interventionmg/L
erythrocyte sedimentation ratein 7 days or after the interventionmm/h
blood fatin 7 days or after the interventionmmol/L
Covid-19 antibody concentrationin 7 days or after the interventionng/ml
C-reactionproteinin 7 days or after the interventionmg/L

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactBingyin Shi
shibingy@126.com0086-13700298366
Backup ContactZixian Du, master
379880218@qq.com0086-15117288251

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026