Effect of Qi-tonifying Chinese Herbal Products for Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Allergic rhinitis is a common but complicated immunologic disorder disease and multiple western medicine has been used for symptom control. Chinese herbal medicine, one of the most commonly used complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan, has also be used for allergic rhinitis control. This study is designed to explore the efficacy and possible underlying immune-modulation effect of the BZYQT, which is one of the most famous Chinese herbal medicine used for allergic rhinitis in daily practice.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Collaborator: Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with one or more following symptoms: nose itching, sneezing, rhinorrhea with clear nasal discharge, stuffy nose.

• exacerbation times less than 4 days a week or consecutive episodes less than four weeks

• Mite allergy confirmed by Childhood Allergy Panel (CAP)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of steroid, antihistamine, Montelukast or other immuno-modulation drugs or duration of drug discontinuation less than one month

• Active infection, including sinusitis

• Vasomotor rhinitis

• Unable to swallow capsule or history of poor medication compliance

• Major organ dysfunction with relevant impaired physical performance status