Traditional Chinese Medicine for Severe COVID-19

March 24, 2020 updated by: Li Hao, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

A Retrospective Cohort Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an Adjuvant Treatment for Patients With Severe COVID-19

In December 2019, a new type of pneumonia, COVID-2019 outbroke in Wuhan ,China, and currently the infected has been reported in more than at least 75 countries.

Patients with severe COVID-19 have rapid disease progression and high mortality rate. This may attribute to the excessive immune response caused by cytokine storm. Strategies based on anti-virus drugs and treatments against symptoms have now been employed. However, these managements can't effectively treat the lethal lung injury and uncontrolled immune responses, especially in the elderly with severe COVID-19. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which treats the disease from anther perspective, has achieved satisfactory results. National Health Commission of China released a series of policies to enhance the administration of TCM prescriptions.

This study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an adjuvant treatment for severe COVID-19.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Enrollment

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50

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Beijing
      • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100091
        • Hao Li

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 85 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients were diagnosed as severe COVID-19 according to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Treatment Guidance (Six edition)
  2. Patients received a combined treatment of TCM and conventional therapy, or only conventional therapy.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Age >85 years
  2. After cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  3. Patients combined with other organ failure or conditions need ICU monitoring and treatment, such as severe liver disease, severe renal dysfunction, upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, disseminated intravascular coagulation.
  4. Respiratory failure and need mechanical ventilation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Traditional Chinese Medicine
TCM prescription and conventional treatments
Drug: Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription
Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions have been recommended according to the Guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 issued by National Health Commission of the PRC.
No Intervention: Control
conventional treatments

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Length of hospital stay (days)
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Duration (days) of supplemental oxygenation
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months
CT imaging changes
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months
Mortality rate
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months
Time to Clinical Improvement (TTCI)
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months
The pneumonia severity index scores
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
The pneumonia severity index is a clinical tool helping in the risk stratification of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. It ranges from 0-395 scores and a higher score indicates higher death risk.
First treatment date up to 3 months
Time to COVID-19 nucleic acid testing negativity in throat swab
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months
Blood immune cell count
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in leukocyte, neutral, lymphocyte counts and absolute lymphocyte count from baseline
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Serum inflammatory markers
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in blood interleukin-6, c-reactive protein,SS-A/Ro antibodies and serum ferritin from baseline.
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in erythrocyte sedimentation rate from baseline.
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Platelet and D-dimer changes
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in platelets and D-dimers from baseline.
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Creatinine changes
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in serum creatinine from baseline.
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Muscle enzymes changes
Time Frame: Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Changes in serum muscle enzymes from baseline, including alanine aminotransferase , AST, creatine kinase, LDH.
Baseline, 7 and/ or 14 days
Usage of antibiotics
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
Dosing time and amounts of antibiotics；the categories of the antibiotics
First treatment date up to 3 months
Usage of glucocorticoids
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
Dosing time and amounts of glucocorticoids
First treatment date up to 3 months
Frequency of adverse events
Time Frame: First treatment date up to 3 months
First treatment date up to 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Chair: Hao Li, Professor, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
March 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
March 1, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
April 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 8, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
March 24, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
March 26, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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March 26, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
March 24, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

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March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • 2020XLA015-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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