NCT01580358

Therapeutic Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shen-Mai San in Cancer Patient Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy

Changhua Christian Hospital

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Using Shen-Mai-San for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy could help these people improve the quality of life.

Detailed description

Shen-Mai-San could improve fatigue, general weakness, neutropenia for patients under going chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Conditions

• Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Shen-Mai San	Shen mai san is composed of three herb medicines, Ginseng radis, Liriope spicata, and Schizandrae fructus and was manufactured into concentrated herbal extract and packed with 0.5g per capsule and labeled by Sun-Ten pharmaceutical company in Taiwan with good manufacturing practice (GMP).
DRUG	Starch	It was packed in granules with 0.5gm starch. Patients took eight granules three times per day for four weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2012-04-19
• Last updated: 2012-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan