Taking Herbal Formula：DaHuang GangTsao Tang to Improve the Appetite Loss Condition of Cancer Patients in Late-stage：A Clinical Control Trial Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 4
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- appetite score
研究概览
简要总结
Appetite loss is a severe and common symptom among late-stage cancer patients, and it causes great the anxiety for the patient's family. In TCM theory, the investigators call these patients are in block and repulsion condition. The investigators try to set a study to use the herbal medicine solution taken in frequent small amounts by cancer patients in late-stage to improve the appetite loss condition. Through this method, the investigators not only want to improve the quality of life of cancer patients in late-stage but also set a valuable treatment.
详细描述
Intervention group
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- 2 grams of DaHuang abstract powder and 0.5 grams GanTsao abstract powder are mixed and separated into four packages;
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- each package was given to each patient four times a day (three time after meal and one time before sleep);
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- each patient received the usual medication of the hospice ward at the same time;
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- record the patients' score of pre-test, mid-test and after-test of QIPCTP at the 1st day, the 3rd day and the 6th day;
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- record the patients' score of EORTC QLQ-C30 V3.0 and ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status) at the 1st day and the 6th day.
Control group
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- each patient received the usual medication of the hospice ward during the trial interval;
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- record the patients' score of receive pre-test, mid-test and after-test of QIPCTP at the 1st day, the 3rd day and the 6th day;
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- record the patients' score of EORTC QLQ-C30 V3.0 and ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status) at at the 1st day and the 6th day.
Medicine DaHuang herbal abstract powder is produced by Sun Ten Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, and it's product serial number: 276001. GanCao herbal abstract powder is also produced by Sun Ten Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, and it's product serial number: 185645. Each herbal abstract powder is qualified with the data of HPLC to confirm each content and stability. The pharmaceutical company is qualified by Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification in Taiwan.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Terminal cancer patients in hospice ward
- •Patients with appetite loss condition
- •Ages between 20 to 80 years old
- •No history of diabetes
排除标准
- •Entered the stage of dying patients
- •Receiving other traditional Chinese medicine
研究组 & 干预措施
herbal medicine
Intervention group
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- 2 grams of DaHuang abstract powder and 0.5 grams GanTsao abstract powder are mixed and separated into four packages;
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- each package was given to each patient four times a day (three time after meal and one time before sleep);
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- each patient received the usual medication of the hospice ward at the same time;
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- record the patients' score of pre-test, mid-test and after-test of QIPCTP at the 1st day, the 3rd day and the 6th day;
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- record the patients' score of EORTC QLQ-C30 V3.0 and ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status) at the 1st day and the 6th day.
干预措施: DaHuang GanTsao Tang (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
appetite score
时间窗: 6 days
The investigators detect the patients' appetite condition at the 1st,3rd and 6th day.
次要结局
未报告次要终点