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Efficacy and safety of Huanglian-jie-du decoction for hwa-byung

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mental and behavioral disorders
Registration Number
KCT0002379
Lead Sponsor
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
44
Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of Hwabyung by Hwabyung Diagnostic Interview Schedule (HBDIS)
2. Presenting within 4 weeks after Hwabyung symptoms onset.
3. No problem on communication.
4. Willingness to participate and to sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who are evaluated as high risk of suicide
2. Patients who suffer current or lifetime Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia
3. Patients who take excluded therapy within these days.
a. take all psychotropic within 30 days on screening day(ex. antidepressant, anxiolytic, antipsychotic)
b. take non-psychopharmacologocal drugs that have psychotropic effect within 14 days on screening day
c. take all psychotherapy within 30 days on screening day
d. take electroshock treatment, transcranial magnetic therapy within 30 days on screening day
e. take all oriental medical treatment for depression within 14 days on screening day
4. Patients who have serious unstable medical condition.
5. Diabetic patients not controlled by hypoglycemic agents or insulin.
6. Systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 95 mmHg.
7. Alanine aminotransferase(ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase(AST) levels 1.5 times as high as or higher than the normal upper limit
8. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) levels 1.5 times as high as or higher than the normal upper limit
9. Patients who had abnormality on lab study with Hwabyung (ex. hyperthroidism, hypothyrodism)
10. Women during pregnancy, lactation, or those who are likely to have been pregnant without proper contraception.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient Health Questionnaire Physical Symptoms (PHQ-15);Insomnia Severity Index(ISI)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual analogue scale for Hwabyung Symptoms(VAS-HS);State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-State Anger(STAXI-S);Stress Response Inventory(SRI);Adverse events
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