Key result
Combined administration of Tongmai Yangxin Pills and Western medicine significantly improved the clinical efficacy of angina compared to chemotherapy alone (RR 1.22; 95% CI 1.13-1.31).
Why the study?
The study was conducted to systematically review the efficacy and safety of Tongmai Yangxin Pills in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease.
Does the addition of Tongmai Yangxin Pills to Western medicine improve clinical efficacy in patients with angina pectoris of coronary heart disease?
Meta-Analysis
Does the addition of Tongmai Yangxin Pills to Western medicine improve clinical efficacy in patients with angina pectoris of coronary heart disease?
Relative Risk: 1.22 (95% CI 1.13–1.31)
Tongmai Yangxin Pills combined with Western medicine may improve clinical symptoms and ECG findings in patients with angina pectoris, though current evidence is limited by study quality.
May support adjunctive Tongmai Yangxin Pills in angina; extends meta-analytic evidence yet limited by study quality.
To systematically review the efficacy and safety of Tongmai Yangxin Pills in treatment for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease. CNKI, WanFang, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, EMbase and the Cochrane Library databases were retrieved online to collect randomized controlled trials(RCTs) of Tongmai Yangxin Pills for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease since the establishment to November 2018. Two investigators screened out literatures independently, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. The risk assessment of included references was made according to criteria recommended by Cochrane Handbook 5.3. Meta-analysis was then performed by RevMan 5.3 software. A total of 9 RCTs were included. The results of Meta-analysis showed that compared with the single application of chemotherapy, the combined administration with Tongmai Yangxin Pills and Western medicine could significantly improve the clinical efficacy of angina(RR=1.22, 95%CI[1.13, 1.31]), the improvement rate of electrocardiogram(RR=1.31, 95%CI[1.21, 1.42]), and the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome(RR=1.17, 95%CI[1.02, 1.35]). Only one study reported adverse events, while 5 studies reported no adverse event. According to current evidences, in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease, Tongmai Yangxin Pills has a better clinical efficacy in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease in terms of the improvement rate of electrocardiogram and the clinical efficacy of TCM syndrome. Due to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high-quality studies are required to verify the above conclusions.
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Pang et al. (2019) conducted a meta-analysis in Angina pectoris of coronary heart disease. Tongmai Yangxin Pills combined with Western medicine vs. Single application of chemotherapy (Western medicine) was evaluated on Clinical efficacy of angina (RR 1.22, 95% CI 1.13-1.31). Combined administration of Tongmai Yangxin Pills and Western medicine significantly improved the clinical efficacy of angina compared to chemotherapy alone (RR 1.22; 95% CI 1.13-1.31).
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