Scoping review of oral Chinese traditional medicine for vascular dementia
By: Yu, X
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Contributor(s): Ran, Li.
Publisher: Mumbai Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science 2023Edition: Vol.85(4), Jul-Aug.Description: 863-883p.Subject(s): PHARMACEUTICSOnline resources: Click here
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Indian journal of pharmaceutical sciencesSummary: Vascular dementia is a serious neurological disease associated with reduced perfusion of the brain. No
western drugs have been approved for the treatment of vascular dementia. Oral Chinese drugs are commonly
employed for vascular dementia in China. The purpose of this scope review is to review the recent evidence
from clinical trials regarding the benefits of traditional oral Chinese medicines and to outline their effects
on vascular dementia. Seventeen Chinese herbal medicines used in vascular dementia were systematically
searched from 7 databases, such as EMBASE, Cochrane, PubMed, China Sci-Tech journal database, China
National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Database as well as Wanfang database. Data were
obtained from guidelines, consensus, meta-analyses and systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials.
A revised Cochrane Risk Assessment Instrument was applied to evaluate the risk of bias with respect to
the intention-to-treat effect on eligible randomized controlled trials. Microsoft Excel 2019, GraphPad Prism
and RSTUDIO statistics were employed for data integration and process. As the data show, the number
of research published increased between 2009 and 2014, while the most studied medicines were TianZhi,
Ginkgo biloba leaf and NaoXinTong. A low overall bias risk of intention-to-treat was achieved in only 7 trials.
More consistent benefits were observed with Ginkgo biloba leaf and TianZhi for amelioration of mini-mental
state examination score deficits and activities of daily living impairments. The overall reporting quality of
randomized controlled trials of traditional oral Chinese medicines for vascular dementia was poor and the
transparency of these randomized controlled trials must be urgently improved. Oral Chinese drugs may be
beneficial to patients with vascular dementia, but they need to be further assessed.
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Vascular dementia is a serious neurological disease associated with reduced perfusion of the brain. No
western drugs have been approved for the treatment of vascular dementia. Oral Chinese drugs are commonly
employed for vascular dementia in China. The purpose of this scope review is to review the recent evidence
from clinical trials regarding the benefits of traditional oral Chinese medicines and to outline their effects
on vascular dementia. Seventeen Chinese herbal medicines used in vascular dementia were systematically
searched from 7 databases, such as EMBASE, Cochrane, PubMed, China Sci-Tech journal database, China
National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Database as well as Wanfang database. Data were
obtained from guidelines, consensus, meta-analyses and systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials.
A revised Cochrane Risk Assessment Instrument was applied to evaluate the risk of bias with respect to
the intention-to-treat effect on eligible randomized controlled trials. Microsoft Excel 2019, GraphPad Prism
and RSTUDIO statistics were employed for data integration and process. As the data show, the number
of research published increased between 2009 and 2014, while the most studied medicines were TianZhi,
Ginkgo biloba leaf and NaoXinTong. A low overall bias risk of intention-to-treat was achieved in only 7 trials.
More consistent benefits were observed with Ginkgo biloba leaf and TianZhi for amelioration of mini-mental
state examination score deficits and activities of daily living impairments. The overall reporting quality of
randomized controlled trials of traditional oral Chinese medicines for vascular dementia was poor and the
transparency of these randomized controlled trials must be urgently improved. Oral Chinese drugs may be
beneficial to patients with vascular dementia, but they need to be further assessed.
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