Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment with syndrome differentiation for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment with syndrome differentiation in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Methods

A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted. Adult patients with severe CAP were randomly allocated to receive conventional medicine treatment (conventional group) or conventional medicine combine with TCM treatment with syndrome differentiation (combination group) underwent a 28-d treatment time. The primary endpoint was treatment failure. Secondary outcomes included time to clinical stability, 28-d mortality, 90-d mortality, length of hospital stay.

Results

A total of 183 patients were included in the intention-to-treat (ITT) population, with 91 allocated to the combinat

SUBMITTER: Jiansheng LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12712292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature