Synthetic evaluation of the clinical effect of the Shengmai capsule for treatment of chronic congestive heart failure using analytic hierarchy process / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the approaches and techniques for synthetic evaluation of the clinical therapeutic effect of new Chinese herbal medicine in clinical trials.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>In a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trail, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to evaluate the clinical therapeutic effect of Shengmai capsule in the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Shengmai capsule produced positive therapeutic effect on chronic congestive heart failure.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>A feasible method is established for evaluating and grading the clinical therapeutic effect of Chinese herbal medicine.</p>