Affiliation:
1. Department of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Abstract
Introduction. This network meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of six tonic Chinese herbal injections (Huangqi injection, Shenfu injection, Shengmai injection, Shenmai injection, Shenqi Fuzheng injection, and Yiqifumai injection) compared to Western medicine for the treatment of the deteriorating state associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. Methods. PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the Chinese Biological Medicine Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Wanfang Database, and the Chinese Scientific Journal Database were searched from their inception to October 15, 2020, to retrieve randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Study selection and data extraction conformed to a priori criteria. The risk of bias of the included RCTs was determined, and GRADE was used to evaluate outcomes. The network meta-analysis was calculated using WinBUGS 1.4.3 and Stata 13.0 software. The clinical effective rate, left ventricular ejection fraction, 6-minute walk test, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, heart rate, and cardiac output were deemed outcomes. All outcomes were summarized as odds ratios or mean differences with their 95% credible intervals. The ranking probability of the interventions across various outcomes was also presented. Results. Forty RCTs and 2970 patients were enrolled. Integration of the outcome results revealed that a combination of Shenfu injection and Western medicine ranked ahead of the other injections in most outcomes, especially in the clinical effective rate (OR = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.12–0.34), left ventricular ejection fraction (MD = 7.43, 95% CI: 2.41–12.38), and 6-minute walk test (MD = 50.39, 95% CI: 25.78–76.33). Shenmai injection plus Western medicine ranked ahead of the other injections in left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (69.5%) and cardiac output (60.9%). The cluster analysis suggested that Shenfu injection plus Western medicine was the most effective intervention for dilated cardiomyopathy. Conclusions. Shenfu injection plus Western medicine may be a preferable treatment in dilated cardiomyopathy. Clinicians should also consider the specific patient’s various conditions when making diagnostic decisions. Due to an insufficient network meta-analysis, more high-quality RCTs need to be implemented to support our conclusions.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine
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