Rheumatoid arthritis combined with wrist inflammation treated with Luofushan Rheumatism Plaster: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial
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Rheumatoid arthritis combined with wrist inflammation treated with Luofushan Rheumatism Plaster: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 46, Issue 10, Pages: 1431-1442(2023)
作者机构:
1.中国中医科学院广安门医院 北京 100053
2.首都医科大学附属北京中医医院
3.北京医院
4.中日友好医院
5.北京中医药大学东方医院
6.上海光华中西医结合医院
7.广东省中医院
8.广州中医药大学第一附属医院
作者简介:
Prof. JIANG Quan, Ph.D., Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor. Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 5, Beixiange Road, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053. E-mail: doctorjq@126.com
基金信息:
National Natural Science Foundation of China(82230121);National Natural Science Foundation of China(2018YFC1705200);Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(CI2021A01501)
SONG Mengge, JIANG Quan, JIAO Juan, et al. Rheumatoid arthritis combined with wrist inflammation treated with Luofushan Rheumatism Plaster: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial[J]. Journal of beijing university of traditional chinese medicine, 2023, 46(10): 1431-1442.
DOI:
SONG Mengge, JIANG Quan, JIAO Juan, et al. Rheumatoid arthritis combined with wrist inflammation treated with Luofushan Rheumatism Plaster: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial[J]. Journal of beijing university of traditional chinese medicine, 2023, 46(10): 1431-1442. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2023.10.015.
Rheumatoid arthritis combined with wrist inflammation treated with Luofushan Rheumatism Plaster: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial
We aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis(RA) combined with wrist inflammation.
Methods
2
A multicenter
block-randomized
double-blind
placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted including 180 patients with RA combined with wrist tenosynovitis and/or synovitis from eight hospitals who were randomly divided into the
Luofushan
group (90 cases) and the control group (90 cases). Patients in both groups were given basic treatment such as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Patients in the
Luofushan
group were given
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster
while patients in the control group were given
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster simulant. The core trial duration was 4 weeks
and the extended trial was conducted in three centers (participants could voluntarily choose to continue to receive
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster for an additional 4 weeks). Follow-up of local symptoms of the wrist joint (VAS score
swelling degree
duration of morning stiffness)
bilateral wrist joint ultrasound (tenosynovitis
synovitis
synovial hyperplasia)
overall evaluation of disease (DAS28-CRP score
Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index [HAQ-DI]
and Chinese Patient-Reported Activity Index with Rheumatoid Arthritis [CPRI-RA]
)
and erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR)was conducted one or two times
and skin irritation and adverse events during the experiment were recorded. Effectiveness was analyzed using the per-protocol set
and the safety indicators were analyzed using the safety set.
Results
2
Compared to pre-treatment
adjuvant therapy with
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster for 4 weeks can improve the VAS score (
P
<
0.05)
the degree of swelling (
P
<
0.05)
morning stiffness duration (
P
<
0.05)
wrist tenosynovitis (
P
<
0.05)
synovitis (
P
<
0.05)
DAS28-CRP (
P
<
0.05)
HAQ-DI(
P
<
0.05)
and CPRI-RA(
P
<
0.05)
but there were no statistically significant difference compared to the control group. Compared to the control group
pain was alleviated in the
Luofushan
group after 8 weeks of treatment(
P
<
0.05). Compared to pre-treatment adjuvant therapy for 8 weeks can provide additional improvement in the synovial hyperplasia of the wrist joint (
P
<
0.05)
and the ESR level (
P
<
0.05)
but there were no statistically significant difference compared to the control group. There was no increase in the incidence of skin irritation and adverse events between the two groups (
P
>
0.05).
Conclusion
2
Luofushan
Rheumatic Plaster has a definite analgesic effect in the treatment of wrist rheumatoid arthritis
and it improves ultrasound imaging result
the degree of joint swelling
and ESR. Moreover
it is safe and suitable for long-term clinical use.
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