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CompletedNCT04306497TDATPOCUpdated Jun 4, 2020

TCM Differentiation and Treatment Protocol of COVID-19

An observational study in COVID-19, sponsored by Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd.. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-06-04.

Sponsored by Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd. · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
340
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of TCM differential treatment of COVID-19 in Jiangsu Province based on the historical prospective multicenter cohort study.

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This is a multi-center cross-sectional syndrome investigation study, taking confirmed cases as the main observation object, A prospective multicenter cohort study was designed, focusing on the common type with the largest number of confirmed cases, to evaluate the intervention effect of this project in relieving the disEvaluation of the efficacy and safety of TCM differential treatment of COVID-19 inease and preventing disease progressio.

According to the actual situation of receiving treatment, if the subjects received the combination of western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, it was the exposure group (integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine cohort), and if the subjects only received western medicine treatment, it was the control group (western medicine cohort). The choice of treatment for patients is entirely determined by clinicians according to the patient's condition, and patients are free to choose after fully understanding different schemes).The choice of control group: COVID-19 (common type) who received routine treatment + antiviral therapy;The choice of exposure group: COVID-19 (common type) who received routine treatment + TCM.The sample size is tentatively set at 340.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19

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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Syndrome investigation
  • differentiation treatment
  • multicenter cohort study
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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 340 is above the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 20 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

It conforms to the diagnostic criteria of confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Inclusion criteria

  • It conforms to the diagnostic criteria of confirmed cases of COVID-19 that belongs to the common type;
  • The age ranges from 18 to 80 years old, regardless gender;
  • In the prospective study, the patient informed consent and sign the informed consent form (if the subject has no capacity, limited capacity and limited expression of personal will, he or she should obtain the consent of his guardian and sign the informed consent at the same time), the retrospective study is visa-free informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women during pregnancy or lactation;
  • Allergic constitution, such as those who have a history of allergy to two or more drugs or food, or who are known to be allergic to drug ingredients observed in this study.
  • Severe complications such as multiple organ failure and shock occurred.
  • Complicated with severe primary diseases such as heart, brain, liver, kidney and so on.
  • Patients have mental illness.
  • Patients who participated in or is currently participating in other clinical trials within the first month of this study.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
340 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Cohort of western medicine

    1. Routine treatment: ① support treatment:maintain water and electrolyte balance . ②oxygen therapy: give nasal catheters to inhale oxygen. ③ basic treatment of traditional Chinese and western medicine: antiviral drugs and proprietary Chinese medicines with similar composition or function to the observed scheme of differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine are not included in the scope of such drugs. 2. Antiviral drugs :Clinicians can judge according to the patient's condition according to the latest version of the diagnosis and treatment plan for COvID-19 issued by the General Office of the National Health Commission / the Office of the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine (currently the latest version is the sixth trial edition). Select any of the recommended antiviral drugs(for example:IFN-α、lopinavir-ritonavir、Ribavirin、Chloroquine Phosphate、Arbidol)or a combination of two antiviral drugs.

    Drug: TCM prescriptions

  • Cohort of integrated TCM and western medicine

    routine treatment + Antiviral drugs + the following TCM regimens. 1.TCM regimens:① Early stage: Dampness trapped in exterior and interior. Recommended prescription: Huoxiang 15g, Suye15g, Cangzhu15g, Houpo10g, Qianhu15g, Chaihu15g, Huangqin10g, Qinghao20g, Xingren10g, JInyinhua15g, Lianqiao15g. Take decocted or granule, one dose a day. ② Middle stage: Dampness-toxicity blocking lung Recommended prescription: Zhimahuang9g, Xingren10g, Sangbaipi30g, Tinglizi20g, Dongguazi20g, Fabanxia10g, Houpo10g, Suzi15g, Baijiezi10g, Gualoupi15g, Xuanfuhua9g, Xiangfu10g, Yujin10g, Taoren10g, Huangqi20g. Take decocted or granule, one dose a day.

    Drug: TCM prescriptions

Interventions

  • DrugTCM prescriptions

    TCM prescriptions1:Take decocted or granule, one dose a day; TCM prescriptions2:Take decocted or granule, one dose a day.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The relief of main symptoms/ disappearance rate of time

    comparison of the time of relief / disappearance of three main symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath

    Time frame: 9day

  2. Chest CT absorption

    with reference to the "pneumonia chest X-ray absorption Evaluation scale" developed by Renyi Yin et al, the final absorption judgment will be used to evaluate the chest CT absorption of patients with pneumonia, which is divided into four levels according to the degree of absorption: complete absorption, majority absorption, partial absorption and no absorption.

    Time frame: 9day

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation standard of comprehensive curative effect

    With reference to the "Therapeutic effect Standard for diagnosis and Syndrome of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "guiding principles for Clinical Research of New drugs of traditional Chinese Medicine", the final evaluation was based on clinical remission.

    Time frame: 9day

  2. Virus antigen negative conversion rate

    the detection negative rate of nasopharyngeal swab, conjunctival sac secretion virus nucleic acid.

    Time frame: 9day

  3. The number of severe and critical conversion cases

    the number of severe and critical cases occurred after the start of intervention.

    Time frame: 9day

  4. Incidence of complications

    defined as complications during isolation and hospitalization due to pneumonia infected by novel coronavirus, including bacterial infection, aggravation of underlying diseases, etc

    Time frame: 9day

  5. Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Score

    According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine symptom score scale, the change of symptom score before and after treatment was observed.The highest score was 92 points, and the lowest was 23 points. The higher the score, the more severe the symptoms.

    Time frame: 9day

Other outcomes

  1. CRP changes

    Changes in c-reactive protein.

    Time frame: 9day

  2. ESR changes

    Changes in erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

    Time frame: 9day

  3. PCTchanges

    Changes in procalcitonin.

    Time frame: 9day

  4. The index of T cell subsets changed

    Changes of CD4+ and CD8+

    Time frame: 9day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Huai'an fourth people's Hospital
    Huaian, Jiangsu 210029, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — All researchers in this study

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 Jun 4, 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
NCT04306497
Lead sponsor
Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 13, 2020
Start date
Jan 22, 2020
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2020
Completion
May 30, 2020
Last update
Jun 4, 2020

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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