Effectiveness and safety of Chinese herbal formula combined with western medicine for ankylosing spondylitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease of the spine, which mainly invades the sacroiliac joint, spine, and large joints near the trunk, leading to fibrous and skeletal ankylosis and deformity, and can cause damage to the eyes, lung, cardiovascular, kidney and other organs. Chinese herbal formulas (CHF) is an important interventions of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and CHFs combined with western medicine are widely used in clinical practice to treat AS.

Methods

Eight databases will be systematically retrieved from their inceptions to March 2021. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CHFs combined with western medicine for AS treatment will meet the inclusion criteria. The primary outcomes we focus on include clinical e

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238346 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature