Overview

International Clinical Study of Zhizhu Kuanzhong Capsule

Status:
Enrolling by invitation
Trial end date:
2022-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This trial aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Zhizhu Kuanzhong Capsule in the treating patients with functional dyspepsia postprandial distress syndrome(FD PDS). Half of participants will receive Zhizhu Kuanzhong Capsule,while the other will receive a placebo.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Meeting the Rome IV diagnostic criteria for functional dyspepsia-postprandial distress
syndrome;

2. * At least 3 days during the one-week run-in period with VAS score ≥ 4 for major
symptoms (at least one of postprandial fullness discomfort and early satiety) .

3. Age between 18 and 65 years old (including 18 and 65 years old), male or female,
outpatients;

4. **Be able to discontinue prohibited medications that may affect the evaluation of the
effectiveness, such as acid inhibition/antacids, prokinetic agents, non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs, anticholinergic agents, glucocorticoids, and therapeutic
medication for H. pylori eradication.

5. Each subject is informed and voluntarily signed the informed consent form(ICF).

- Subjects who entered the one-week run-in period are self-rated on the Visual
Analogue Score (VAS) for the degree of discomfort with both symptoms of
postprandial fullness and early fullness, with subjects indicating the degree of
discomfort on a 10 cm ruler marked 0- "Asymptomatic or No Discomfort"and 10-
"Extreme Severe or Extreme Discomfort"at its head and tail, respectively. The
rating was made once a day and 7 days a week with scores of 0 to 10.

- A 2-week wash-out period is required for patients taking prohibited
medications prior to screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Gastroscopic findings of gastric cancer, peptic ulcer, erosive gastritis (grade 2 or
higher), moderate to severe atrophic gastritis, dysplasia, or other organ
gastrointestinal disease.

2. Patients with a history of abdominal surgery (except for appendectomy and cesarean
section).

3. Patients with immune system defects (such as leukaemia or cancer), or those who have
been administered immunosuppressive agents or glucocorticoids within the past 3
months.

4. Patients who combined severe cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency, insufficiency of
liver (ALT/AST > 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal value) and kidney
insufficiency (BUN/Serum Creatinine > the upper limit of the normal value), abnormal
of endocrine system( such as diabetes and thyroid dysfunction), abnormal hematopoietic
system, and iron deficiency anemia as indicated on hematological examination.

5. Patients with severe anxiety and depression.

6. Patients with psychosis and mental retardation as well as language disorder precluding
the ability of filling scales or recording symptoms.

7. Pregnant (a female of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test) or
lactating females; or patients of childbearing potential without effective
contraception.

8. Patients who are known to be allergic to the ingredients of this drug.

9. Patients who are suspected to have or indeed have a history of alcohol or drug abuse.

10. Patients who have participated in a clinical trial in the past 3 months.

11. Patients who are deemed by the investigator as being not suitable for participation in
the clinical trial.