Efficacy and safety of triple therapy containing berberine, amoxicillin, and vonoprazan for Helicobacter pylori initial treatment: A randomized controlled trial / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

BACKGROUND@#With the development of traditional Chinese medicine research, berberine has shown good efficacy and safety in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of triple therapy containing berberine, amoxicillin, and vonoprazan for the initial treatment of H. pylori.@*METHODS@#This study was a single-center, open-label, parallel, randomized controlled clinical trial. Patients with H. pylori infection were randomly (1:1:1) assigned to receive berberine triple therapy (berberine 500 mg, amoxicillin 1000 mg, vonoprazan 20 mg, A group), vonoprazan quadruple therapy (vonoprazan 20 mg, amoxicillin 1000 mg, clarithromycin 500 mg, colloidal bismuth tartrate 220 mg, B group), or rabeprazole quadruple therapy (rabeprazole 10 mg, amoxicillin 1000 mg, clarithromycin 500 mg, colloidal bismuth tartrate 220 mg, C group). The drugs were taken twice daily for 14 days. The main outcome was the H. pylori eradication rate. The secondary outcomes were symptom improvement rate, patient compliance, and incidence of adverse events. Furthermore, factors affecting the eradication rate of H. pylori were further analyzed.@*RESULTS@#A total of 300 H. pylori-infected patients were included in this study, and 263 patients completed the study. An intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis showed that the eradication rates of H. pylori in berberine triple therapy, vonoprazan quadruple therapy, and rabeprazole quadruple therapy were 70.0% (70/100), 77.0% (77/100), and 69.0% (69/100), respectively. The per-protocol (PP) analysis showed that the eradication rates of H. pylori in these three groups were 81.4% (70/86), 86.5% (77/89), and 78.4% (69/88), respectively. Both ITT analysis and PP analysis showed that the H. pylori eradication rate did not significantly differ among the three groups (P >0.05). In addition, the symptom improvement rate, overall adverse reaction rate, and patient compliance were similar among the three groups (P >0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The efficacy of berberine triple therapy for H. pylori initial treatment was comparable to that of vonoprazan quadruple therapy and rabeprazole quadruple therapy, and it was well tolerated. It could be used as one choice of H. pylori initial treatment.

Efficacy and safety of rituximab combined with CHOP or combined with dose fractionated CHOP in the treatment of primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy profiles of R-CHOP and R-fCHOP regimes in the treatment of primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma (PG-DLBCL).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Data of PG-DLBCL patients admitted in our hospital from March 2010 to March 2014 were collected retrospectively. Differences in gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation between the R-CHOP group and R-fCHOP group were compared. The influence of the gastrointestinal complication on subsequent treatment was also analyzed. Treatment outcome of the two groups was also compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 50 patients were included in this retrospective study. Forty of them were in the R-CHOP group, another ten were in the R-fCHOP group. Patients in the R-fCHOP group had a higher rate of Lugano late stage disease, and a relatively high rate of a deeper/larger ulcer. Fence occult blood test (FOBT) was positive in one (10.0%) patient in the R-fCHOP group, and 11 (31.4%) patients in the R-CHOP group, among them one had hematemesis and had to give up the subsequent chemotherapy. No perforation was observed in both groups. The response rate (RR) was 92.5% in the R-CHOP group and 90.0% in the R-fCHOP group (P > 0.05). The PFS was also comparable between the two groups (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>R-fCHOP regimen has a good safety profile in patients with Lugano late stage and deep/large ulcers, who are of high risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, and also has a comparable efficacy profile when compared with the R-CHOP regimen in short-term follow-up.</p>

Clinical Observation on Acupuncture for Migraine / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture treatment for migraine. Methods: Forty cases were randomly allocated to a treatment group and a control group, 20 cases in each group. Cases in the treatment group were treated with acupuncture, while cases in the control group were treated with oral Sibelium. After that, the changes of cerebral blood flow were observed before and after treatment. Results: There was significant difference in clinical efficacies between two groups (P<0.05). There were also significant differences in arterial blood flow velocities of before and after treatment. Acupuncture can produce substantial differences (P<0.05) in blood flow velocities of vertebral artery (VA), middle cerebral artery (MCA) and anterior cerebral artery (ACA) during an increased flow rate. It can also produce statistical differences in blood flow velocities of VA during a decreased flow rate (P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture can effectively alleviate the pain of migraine sufferers and exert a two-way regulation on the cerebral blood flow.

Intervention of CT Localization plus TCM Therapy on Prolapse of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Purpose To observe the curative effect of interventional therapy by CT localization combined traditional Chinese medicine on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc. Method The inpatients of lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse were randomly divided into treatmentgroup and control group. Interventional therapy by CT localization combined TCM was used in the treatment group while in the control group TCM therapy was taken only. The treatment lasted for 10 days in both groups. Results The curative effect was 94.3% in the treatment group while 76.8% in the control one (P < 0.05), which had statistical meaning. Conclusion Interventional therapy by CT localization combined TCM on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc had better effect and shorter treatment course.

Curative Effect of Electro-acupuncture and Tuina on Prostatic Hypertrophy / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Objective To observe the curative effect of electro-acupuncture plus Tuina on prostatic hypertrophy.Method Fifty-six cases of prostatic hypertrophy were treated according to the principle of taking the kidney as the main aspect. Points Guanyuan (CV 4), Qugu ( CV2), Shenshu(BL 23), Ciliao(BL32) and Sanyinjiao( SP6) were selected and electro-acupuncture were used together with Tuina. Those who took the tablet Finasteride orally were treated as the control group. Result The total effective rate was 94.6% in treating group, while that was 86.7% in the control group, P＞0.05. Conclusion It is suggested that electro-acupuncture plus Tuina has a certain effect on prostatic hypertrophy. Compared with western medicine, it is lower in price and has no side effect.