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Study on the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma With Traditional Chinese Medicine

A Phase 2 interventional study of Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture and Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture in Bronchial Asthma, sponsored by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Status unknown at 5 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-26.

Sponsored by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
288
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of asthma, and to promote the application in community hospitals.

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Asthma is a serious global health problem and has increasing prevalence in many countries.Although asthma symptoms can be controlled by drug treatment to a large extent, there is still inadequate.Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating asthma, and has a good clinical curative effect.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of asthma, and to promote the application in community hospitals. This could constitute a significant advance in asthma management.

In this study, the investigators recruited patients with asthma exacerbation and remission stage, and gave the corresponding western medicine background treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment program.Participants will undergo a physical examination, lung function, blood and sputum collection.

Exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma patients will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture, wind phlegm type of asthma patients will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture and Xie Wu Capsule,and hot type of asthma patients will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet for 14 days treatment, while the 3 control groups were given 3 corresponding placebo treatment for a total of 14 days.

Remission phase of Yang deficiency patients in treatment group will take Zhi Chuan Capsule and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule, and in control group received a placebo treatment for a total of 60 days.

Study visits will occur for 7 days of exacerbation group and 1 year for remission group. Questionnaires to assess asthma control will be completed during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Bronchial Asthma

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Keywords

  • Bronchial Asthma
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
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In context

Asthma

3,921 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 506 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 288 is above the median of 83 across 2,751 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the lead sponsor of 99 studies on the registry; 19 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients had positive bronchodilator reversibility test or positive bronchial challenge test or more than 50 parts per billion of FENO before
  • Number of months without control between 1 and 3 months last year
  • The course of asthma was more than 10 years and less than 30 years
  • Conform to the predetermined 4 TCM Syndrome Types
  • Patients who have given written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Smoking and continuous exposure to hazardous environment
  • With fever, or severity of intermittent state, high degree of sustained, or with respiratory failure, etc.
  • Long term inhaled corticosteroids (more than 5 years) prior to study entry
  • Pulmonary emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary heart disease, pneumonia, lung cancer and other lung diseases
  • Rheumatic immune disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, menopause, gastroesophageal reflux, arrhythmia and other complications of the disease
  • Heart, liver, kidney and other organ dysfunction
  • Accompanied by other diseases of long-term use of glucocorticoids, anti allergy drugs, mental or neurological drugs or traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Patients who are allergic to therapeutic medicine
  • Female patients in lactation period, pregnancy or planning to get pregnant during the trial
  • Patients with mental or neurological disorders
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
288 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Hanxiao treatment group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

  • Placebo comparator
    Hanxiao control group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to cold type of asthma will take Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo

  • Experimental
    Fengtanxiao treatment group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to wind phlegm type of asthma will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture and Xie Wu Capsule oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture · Drug: Xie Wu Capsule

  • Placebo comparator
    Fengtanxiao control group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to wind phlegm type of asthma will take Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo and Xie Wu Capsule placebo oral therapy twice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo · Drug: Xie Wu Capsule placebo

  • Experimental
    Rexiao treatment group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to hot type of asthma will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Dan Ma Jia Tablet

  • Placebo comparator
    Rexiao control group

    36 patients of exacerbation group belongs to hot type of asthma will take Dan Ma Jia Tablet placebo oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Dan Ma Jia Tablet placebo

  • Experimental
    Xuxiao treatment group

    36 patients of remission phase of Yang deficiency of asthma will take Zhi Chuan Capsule and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Zhi Chuan Capsule · Drug: Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

  • Placebo comparator
    Xuxiao control group

    36 patients of remission phase of Yang deficiency of asthma will take Zhi Chuan Capsule placebo and Bu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo oral therapy thrice everyday for 14 days and background therapy of ICS and beta2-agonist.

    Drug: Zhi Chuan Capsule placebo · Drug: Bu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo

Interventions

  • DrugKe Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

    Also known as: Ke Chuan Liu Wei He Ji

  • DrugChuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

    Also known as: Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan He Ji

  • DrugXie Wu Capsule

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Jianhua Hu

    Also known as: Xie Wu Jiao Nang

  • DrugDan Ma Jia Tablet

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Xiaopu Xu

    Also known as: Dan Ma Jia Pian

  • DrugZhi Chuan Capsule

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Yingen Wu

    Also known as: Zhi Chuan Jiao Nang

  • DrugBu Shen Na Qi Granule

    Experience formula of famous traditional Chinese professor Changrong Shao

    Also known as: Bu Shen Na Qi Ke Li

  • DrugKe Chuan Liu Wei Mixture placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Ke Chuan Liu Wei Mixture

    Also known as: placebo

  • DrugChuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Chuan Xiong Ping Chuan Mixture

    Also known as: placebo

  • DrugXie Wu Capsule placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Xie Wu Capsule

    Also known as: placebo

  • DrugDan Ma Jia Tablet placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Dan Ma Jia Tablet

    Also known as: placebo

  • DrugZhi Chuan Capsule placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Zhi Chuan Capsule

    Also known as: placebo

  • DrugBu Shen Na Qi Granule placebo

    Low dose combination for treating prescription of Bu Shen Na Qi Granule

    Also known as: placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Asthma control rate

    Asthma control rate will be measured during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and symptom-free months will be measured on remission period within 12 months

    Time frame: up to 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Lung function(FEV1, PVC, PEF)

    Measured during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  2. Measurement of the fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide

    Measured during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  3. Blood routine examination

    Measured during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  4. Cytokine levels of serum and induced sputum

    Measured during study of asthma at exacerbation stage within 44 days and on remission period within 12 months

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  5. Liver function test

    Measured Liver function

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  6. Kidney function test

    Measured Kidney function

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  7. T cell classification

    Measured T cell classification of PBMC

    Time frame: up to 12 months

  8. Cytokine levels of induced sputum

    Measured cytokine levels of induced sputum supernatant

    Time frame: up to 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 5 sites recruiting
  • Fenglin Street Community Health Service Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200030, China
    Not yet recruiting
  • Kangjian Street Community Health Service Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200030, China
    Not yet recruiting
  • Tianping Street Community Health Service Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200030, China
    Not yet recruiting
  • Longhua Hospital Affiliated Shanghai University of TCM
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200032, China
    Recruiting
  • Fengxian District Hospital of TCM
    Shanghai, Shanghai 201400, China
    Not yet recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — Through this study, to find the appropriate treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, then to further promote

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 26, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02937207
Lead sponsor
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 18, 2016
Start date
Jul 30, 2017
Primary completion
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 26, 2020

Study contacts

Zifeng Ma, Master
Contact
mzf05@126.com
+8602164385700 ext. 1307
Shaoyan Zhang, Doctor
Contact
475205883@qq.com
+8602164385700 ext. 1307
Zhenhui Lu, Doctor
study chair · Longhua Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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