A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Severe Pandemic H1N1 Influenza
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 1,100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- incidence of complication
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Chinese herbal medicines for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 6 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clinical diagnosis of severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients and pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza
- •Rapid Diagnostic Tests:positive
- •Age≥6 years
- •Influenza symptoms occurred less than 48 hours and body temperature≥37.5℃ for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza
Exclusion Criteria
- •Suffering from mental illness
- •Attending other clinical studies on influenza
- •Critical pandemic H1N1 influenza patients
Arms & Interventions
Chinese herbal medicines plus western therapy
Intervention: Chinese herbal medicines plus western therapy (Drug)
western therapy
including supportive therapy and antivirus therapy when necessary
Intervention: western therapy (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
incidence of complication
Time Frame: 10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients.
mortality of pandemic H1N1 influenza and all-cause mortality(only for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
Time Frame: 28 days
proportion of deteriorating into severe H1N1 influenza (only for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza)
Time Frame: 10 days
Secondary Outcomes
- time to allaying a fever(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- time to symptom relief(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- time and proportion of H1N1 virus turning to negative(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- direct medical cost(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- safety outcome(adverse effects)(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- days in hospital(10 days for pandemic H1N1 influenza patients with risk factors for severe H1N1 influenza;28 days for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)
- dose and usage of hormones(only for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)(28 days)
- Inflammation of lung tissue(only for severe pandemic H1N1 influenza patients)(28 days)
