Trial | NCT01580358  Report issue

Title

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

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Unknown status

  • Study Participants

    60
Using Shen-Mai-San for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy could help these people improve the quality of life.
Shen-Mai-San could improve fatigue, general weakness, neutropenia for patients under going chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Study Started
Oct 31
2009
Primary Completion
Jun 30
2012
Anticipated
Study Completion
Sep 30
2012
Anticipated
Last Update
Jun 21
2012
Estimate

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.

Shen-Mai San Active Comparator

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).

starch Placebo Comparator

Starch in the same granule as intervention group for this double-blind trial

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Postoperative patients with histologically confirmed cancer within 3 years and undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
age above 18 years old
signed informed consent
ability to read Chinese, ability for oral intake.

Exclusion Criteria:

being pregnancy
on breast feeding
completed chemotherapy or radiotherapy
brain metastasis with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of two to four
delusion or hallucination
acute infection
received medications for other clinical trials.
No Results Posted