Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined With Standard Triple Region for Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori

Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined With Standard Triple Region for Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori: a Prospective, Double-blinded, Randomized Trial

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) decoction and powder combined with standard triple therapy on improving eradication rate of Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori).A multi-center randomized control clinical trial design was adopted in the trial.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

576

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 61 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • those who met chronic gastritis (chronic superficial gastritis and chronic atrophic gastritis) diagnostic criteria;
  • aged between 18-65 years old;
  • positive H. pylori infection confirmed by two or more methods of different
  • principles (stop using PPI, H2RA, bismuth, and antibiotics since two weeks before examination);
  • patients were informed consent and willing to accept corresponding treatments.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patients having chronic atrophic gastritis with severe dysplasia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, peptic ulcers, and gastrointestinal tumors;
  • digestive organic disease (such as chronic pancreatitis, cirrhosis, etc.), or systemic diseases affecting intestinal motility (such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal insufficiency, mental, and neurological diseases, etc.);
  • those who were accompanied by serious heart, liver and other major organs lesions, blood diseases, and cancer (ALT, AST two times higher than normal value);
  • those who had taken medicines that might affect H. pylori detection results within two weeks (antacids, H2RA, PPIs, bismuth and antibiotics, etc.);
  • pregnant and lactating women; patients with history of systematic and neuropsychiatric disorders; those who had history of any drug allergy; and those who were participating in other clinical trials.

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: standard triple region
The patients in this group were given 10-day standard triple therapy.
ten days of standard triple region (20mg omeprazole 20mg, 1.0 amoxicillin, 0.5 clarithromycin, Bid).
Other Names:
  • omeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin
Active Comparator: standard triple region +2-week TCM
The patients in this group were given 10 days of standard triple therapy + 2-week Xiang-sha-liu-jun decoction.
ten days of standard triple region (20mg omeprazole 20mg, 1.0 amoxicillin, 0.5 clarithromycin, Bid).
Other Names:
  • omeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin
2-week Xiang-sha-liu-jun decoction, bid.
Active Comparator: standard triple region +4-week TCM
The patients in this group were given 10days of standard triple therapy + 4-week Xiang-sha-liu-jun decoction.
ten days of standard triple region (20mg omeprazole 20mg, 1.0 amoxicillin, 0.5 clarithromycin, Bid).
Other Names:
  • omeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin
4-week Xiang-sha-liu-jun decoction, bid.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
H. pylori eradication rate
Time Frame: 13C or 14C urea breath test was performed at four weeks after western medicine termination.
13C or 14C urea breath test was performed at four weeks after western medicine termination.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Abnormal Laboratory Values and/or Adverse Events That Are Related to Treatment
Time Frame: at baseline, and every week up to four weeks.
at baseline, and every week up to four weeks.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Study Chair: xudong Tang, Ph.D, XiYuan Hospital of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 31, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 13, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

June 16, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 5, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 2, 2016

Last Verified

June 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

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