ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate therapeutic efficacy of modified Shenqi dihuang decoction in the treatment of chronic glomerular nephritis. METHODS:Retrieved from Wanfang database,CNKI,VIP,CBM,Cochrane Library,Medline, EMBase and PubMed,randomized controlled trials(RCTs)about modified Shenqi dihuang decoction combined with conventional therapy and (or) other Chinese patent medicine (trial group) vs. conventional therapy and (or) other Chinese patent medicine (control group)in the treatment of chronic glomerular nephritis were collected. Meta-analysis was carried out by using Rev Man 5.3 software after literature scanning,data extraction and quality evaluation. Stata 14.0 software was used to conduct Egger test to evaluate publication bias. If publication bias existed,the effect of publication bias on outcome was further evaluated by scissor compensation. TSA v0.9 software was used for trial sequential analysis(TSA)of total efficency. RESULTS:A total of 10 RCTs were included,involving 707 patients. The results of Meta-analysis showed that total response rate of trial group [RR＝1.40,95%CI(1.22, 1.61),P＜0.001] was significantly higher than that of control group; the level of urine protein [SMD＝－1.97,95%CI(－2.92,－1.03),P＜0.001] and Scr [MD＝－28.41,95%CI(－38.95,－17.87),P＜0.001] in trial group were significantly lower than control group,with statistical significance. Publication bias test of total response rate was conducted,and results of it showed that there was publication bias,but bias did not affect the results of this study. TSA analysis showed that the evidence of Meta-analysis was false positive. CONCLUSIONS:Therapeutic efficacy of modified Shenqi dihuang decoction for chronic glomerular nephritis need to be proved by more stringent RCTs.