机构:[1]School of Second Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China[2]Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,大德路总院内分泌科大德路总院内分泌科广东省中医院[3]Department of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China大德路总院内分泌科大德路总院内分泌科广东省中医院
Background: Integrated Chinese and Western medicine (integrated medicine) is routinely used in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. In this study, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the efficacy of integrated medicine therapy for patients with COVID-19. Methods: In this meta-analysis, we searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, SinoMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing VIP (CQVIP), and Wanfang databases from inception to April 12, 2021, to identify RCTs of integrated medicine in the treatment of COVID-19. The quality of RCTs was assessed by the Cochrane risk of bias tool. RevMan v5.3 and Stata software packages were used for statistical analysis. Results: Nineteen RCTs involving 1,853 patients met our inclusion criteria. Compared with patients treated by conventional Western medicine (CWM), patients treated by integrated medicine have a higher overall effective rate [RR = 1.17, 95% CI: (1.10, 1.26), p < 0.00001], fever disappearance rate [RR = 1.25, 95% CI: (1.04, 1.50), p = 0.02], fatigue disappearance rate [RR = 1.28, 95% CI: (1.00, 1.63), p = 0.05], and chest CT improvement rate [RR = 1.24, 95% CI: (1.14, 1.34), p < 00001]. Beneficial effects of the integrated medicine therapy were also seen in C-reactive protein (CRP) level [WMD = -4.14, 95% CI: (-6.38, -1.91), p = 0.0003] and white blood cell (WBC) count [WMD = 0.35, 95% CI: (0.11, 0.58), p = 0.004]. Subgroup analyses showed that, when the treatment time is <2 weeks, the effect of integrated medicine treatment is more obvious in improving the overall effective rate, clinical symptoms (fever, fatigue, and cough), the CRP level, and WBC count compared with that of the CWM treatment. For patients with severe and non-severe COVID-19, integrated medicine is more effective in improving fever and cough symptoms and WBC count than using CWM alone. Conclusion: The results of the current meta-analysis suggested that the integrated medicine can improve the clinical symptoms, chest CT and infection indicators of COVID-19 patients. Even if the treatment time is <2 weeks, the effect of integrated medicine in improving symptoms is more obvious compared with the treatment of CWM. However, the results should be interpreted cautiously due to the heterogeneity among the studies.
基金:
Chinese Government, Ministry of Science, and Technology of the People's Republic of China through the National Science and Technology Support Program [2015BAI04B09]; Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine [2021DB02]
第一作者机构:[1]School of Second Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China[2]Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,
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通讯机构:[1]School of Second Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China[2]Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,[3]Department of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Bei Yin,Yi-Ming Bi,Lu Sun,et al.Efficacy of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Treating COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs[J].FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.2021,9:doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.622707.
APA:
Bei Yin,Yi-Ming Bi,Lu Sun,Jin-Zhu Huang,Jia Zhao...&Guan-Jie Fan.(2021).Efficacy of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Treating COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH,9,
MLA:
Bei Yin,et al."Efficacy of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Treating COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs".FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 9.(2021)