NCT02470845

Trial of Tian Jiu Therapy for Allergic Rhinitis

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tian Jiu Therapy for Allergic Rhinitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 136 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of Tian Jiu in the treatment of allergic rhinitis compared with placebo and waitlist patients in Hong Kong.

Detailed description

This will be a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial in patients with AR. After a one-week run-in period, eligible subjects will be randomly assigned to the Tian Jiu group, placebo-control group and waitlist-control group. The TJ and placebo-control groups will undergo a 4-week treatment with one session per week and one 4-week post-treatment follow-up. Participants in the waitlist-control group will not receive any treatment during the first 4 weeks but will be required to be assessed. The total study period will be nine weeks.

Conditions

• Allergic Rhinitis (AR)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	herbal patches of Tian Jiu group	The formula of herbal patch consists of BaiJieZi (Sinapis Semen), Yan Hu Suo（CorydulisRhizoma）、ZhiGan Sui (Kansui Radix)、Xi Xin (Asari Radix et rhizama) and Rengong She xiang(Moschus Artifactus) . The four herbs will be ground into powder, mixed thoroughlywith 20% BaiJieZi (Sinapis Semen), 25% Yan Hu Suo（CorydulisRhizoma), 15% ZhiGan Sui (Kansui Radix), and 40% Xi Xin (Asari Radix et rhizama), and the mixed powder will mix with fresh ginger juice in the ratio of 20g to 25 ml. The mixture will be made to a patch weighted as 2g and 1cm\*1cm round size. 0.02g artificial She Xiang (Moschus Artifactus) will be added on top of each patch. Each patch will be applied on one acupoint.
DRUG	placebo patches of placebo-control group	The placebo patch consists of flour and edible pigments. These two ingredients will be mixed with water and made to patches weighted as 2g and 1cm\*1cm round size.Each patch will be applied on one acupoint.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2015-06-12
• Last updated: 2017-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China