Meta-analysis on clinical study of western routine treatments combined with Tongxinluo capsule in treatment of angina pectoris / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To assess the effectiveness of western routine treatments combined with Tongxinluo capsule for angina pectoris .Methods The randomized controlled trials(RCTs ) of western routine treatments combined with tongxinluo capsule for angina pectoris were collected through searching on computer from the following databases ,CNKI (2000 -2011 ) ,WanFang Data (2000 -2011) ,WeiPu Data(2000-2011) ,PubMed(2000-2011) and manual search relevant journals ,conference papers .Results A total of 11 studies were included and improvement rate of abnormal ECG were estimated in 9 studies and improvement rate of symptoms of angina were estimated in 11 studies .ECG clinical evaluation of the treatment group relative to the control group ,relative risk (RR) value was 1 .40 (95% CI1 .28‐1 .54) ,P<0 .01 ,symptoms of angina clinical evaluation ,treatment group relative to the control group RR value of 1.25 (95% CI1 .18‐1 .32) ,P<0 .01 .Only slight gastrointestinal discomfort were found in treatment group .Conclusion Tongxinluo capsule in combination on the basis of conventional western treatment could effectively improve the clinical efficacy and drug safety .