The Treatment Effect of Chinese Medicine Formula on Uremic Pruritus
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-31
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The prevalence of hemodialysis patients is increasing in recent years. And the uremic
pruritus is a common and bothersome symptom among the patients. Current therapies for uremic
pruritus, including dialysis modification, topical treatment such as emollients and topical
analgesic agent, phototherapy, acupuncture, and gabapentin. However, the efficacy of these
treatments remains poorly defined.
In our experiment, the investigators tried to find an effective way to control uremic
pruritus through Chinese traditional medicine.