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A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Mild Type of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Interventions
Other: Western therapy
Drug: TCM Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment
Other: Western therapy plus TCM treatment
Registration Number
NCT01182532
Lead Sponsor
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Brief Summary

The study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treatment of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD).

Detailed Description

By adopting a multi-center, randomized and controlled clinical trial, this study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety and economic evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of HFMD, and to provide scientific evidence for the construction of TCM methods in treating HFMD.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
3000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of severe hand-foot-mouth disease patients according to Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Treatment Guidelines 2010 issued by China's Ministry of Health; More than 1/3 patients should be diagnosed by etiological examination.
  • Less than 48 hours of occurrence of fever and/or occurrence of tetter or herpes.
  • Age of 1-14 years.
  • Patients or their guardians agree to participate in this study and signed the informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Complicated with other serious primary diseases in organ such as congenital heart disease, chronic hepatitis, nephritis and blood diseases, etc.
  • With history of allergies on traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Patients or their guardians suffering from Psychiatric diseases.
  • Attending other clinical studies on HFMD after diagnosed.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Western therapyWestern therapy-
TCM treatmentTCM Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment-
Western therapy plus TCM treatmentWestern therapy plus TCM treatmentThe combination of both western therapy and TCM treatment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
time to onset10 days

Refering to the length of time to bring down the fever by 0.5 degrees Celsius after the medicine is taken.

time of body temperature going back to normal10 days

Refering to the time of the armpit temperature of lower than 37.0 degrees Celsius, lasting for at least 24 hours, after the medicine is taken.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
time of symptom disappearance10 days

Refering to the length of time when clinical symptoms and signs totally disappere after the medicine is used.

case severity rate10 days

Refering to the ratio of patient with mild type of HFMD to severe type, such as damage of central nervous system, pulmonary edema, heart failure, respiratory failure, etc.

time of tetter and oral ulcer disappearance10 days

Refering to the length of time when the tetter due to HFMD disappears, characterised by no new tetter and oral ulcer develops, scab(s) or dropping; and time of oral ulcer concrescence, etc.

direct medical cost10 days

Referring to the costs in the treatment of HFMD and relative disease, including the registration fee, examination fee, and drug fees, etc.

safety outcome10 days

Calculated by adverse event.

Trial Locations

Locations (21)

Ninth Hospital of Nanchang

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Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital

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Hefei, Anhui, China

Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Xiamen, Fujian, China

Changchun Infectious Diseases Hospital

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Changchun, Jilin, China

Fuzhou Infectious Disease Hospital

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Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Chengdu Hospital for Infectious Diseases

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Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Beijing Ditan Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

The Eighth Hospital of Xi'an City

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xinjiang Hongxing Hospital

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Urumuqi, Xinjiang, China

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Forth People's Hospital

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Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous, China

The Sixth People's Hospital of Hangzhou

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Hefei, Anhui, China

Beijing You-An Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Chongqing, Chongqing, China

First Hospital of Lanzhou University

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Lanzhou, Gausu, China

Huhehaote Second Hospital

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Huhehaote, Inner Mongolia, China

Wuhan Hospital for Infectious Diseases

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

Shenzhen Third People's Hospital

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Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China

The Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Hebei

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Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

First Affiliated Hospital to Kunming Medical College

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Kunming, Yunnan, China

Shanghai Public Health Center

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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