Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome by a Chinese herbal formula Sijunzi decoctio
- Conditions
- Chronic fatigue syndrome with spleen deficiency patternNervous System DiseasesPostviral fatigue syndrome
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN23930966
- Lead Sponsor
- onghua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31807568 protocol (added 09/12/2019) 2024 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155636 (added 22/04/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 127
1. 18-80 years old, both genders
2. Meet the American CDC diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome
3. Meet the TCM criteria of spleen deficiency pattern
4. Informed consent
1. Combine with mental disorders
2. Secondary fatigue due to medications or other diseases
3. Combine with severe cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, hepatic diseases, renal diseases, hematological disease, cancer, or other severe primary diseases
4. Pregnant or lactating women
5. Known allergy to ingredients or allergic constitution
6. Mental or legal disability
7. History of antibiotics administration in recent 1 month
8. Drug abuse or others
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method