1.Effects of Shuanghuanglian oral liquids on patients with COVID-19: a randomized, open-label, parallel-controlled, multicenter clinical trial.
Li NI ; Zheng WEN ; Xiaowen HU ; Wei TANG ; Haisheng WANG ; Ling ZHOU ; Lujin WU ; Hong WANG ; Chang XU ; Xizhen XU ; Zhichao XIAO ; Zongzhe LI ; Chene LI ; Yujian LIU ; Jialin DUAN ; Chen CHEN ; Dan LI ; Runhua ZHANG ; Jinliang LI ; Yongxiang YI ; Wei HUANG ; Yanyan CHEN ; Jianping ZHAO ; Jianping ZUO ; Jianping WENG ; Hualiang JIANG ; Dao Wen WANG
Frontiers of Medicine 2021;15(5):704-717
We conducted a randomized, open-label, parallel-controlled, multicenter trial on the use of Shuanghuanglian (SHL), a traditional Chinese patent medicine, in treating cases of COVID-19. A total of 176 patients received SHL by three doses (56 in low dose, 61 in middle dose, and 59 in high dose) in addition to standard care. The control group was composed of 59 patients who received standard therapy alone. Treatment with SHL was not associated with a difference from standard care in the time to disease recovery. Patients with 14-day SHL treatment had significantly higher rate in negative conversion of SARS-CoV-2 in nucleic acid swab tests than the patients from the control group (93.4% vs. 73.9%, P = 0.006). Analysis of chest computed tomography images showed that treatment with high-dose SHL significantly promoted absorption of inflammatory focus of pneumonia, which was evaluated by density reduction of inflammatory focus from baseline, at day 7 (mean difference (95% CI), -46.39 (-86.83 to -5.94) HU; P = 0.025) and day 14 (mean difference (95% CI), -74.21 (-133.35 to -15.08) HU; P = 0.014). No serious adverse events occurred in the SHL groups. This study illustrated that SHL in combination with standard care was safe and partially effective for the treatment of COVID-19.
COVID-19
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Humans
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Research
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SARS-CoV-2
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Treatment Outcome
Result Analysis
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