TangBi Formula for Painful Diabetic Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled and Parallel-Group Trial.

Objective: To determine whether the use of herbal medicines combined with conventional treatment is more effective than conventional medication alone in improving clinical symptoms in patients with diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN).

Methods: This multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial recruited patients from 6 clinical centers in mainland China. A total of 188 patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the treatment group (Tangbi Formula plus methylcobalamin) and the control group (placebo plus methylcobalamin).

The Long-Term Effects of Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Diabetes and Chronic Complication Outcomes in Patients With Hyperglycemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: This study aimed at examining the long-term effects of non-pharmacological interventions on reducing the diabetes incidence among patients with prediabetes and chronic complications events among patients with hyperglycemia (pre-diabetes and diabetes) by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Methods: PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and the Web of Science Core Collection were searched for studies published between January 1990 and November 2021, looking for RCTs to evaluate the effects of non-pharmacological interventions on preventing the incidence of diabetes and chronic complications in comparison with medical therapy, placebo, or usual diabetes care. Two independent reviews extracted relevant data and quality assessment.

Corrigendum to "The Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Herbal Decoction in Type 2 Diabetes: A 5-Year Retrospective Study".

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The Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Herbal Decoction in Type 2 Diabetes: A 5-Year Retrospective Study.

Background. The study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal decoction in treating outpatients with T2DM. Methods.

[Current application of placebo in Chinese clinical studies in past 30 years].

To analyze and discuss placebo-related information in clinical research literatures in the past 30 years, including placebo's dosage form, ingredients, preparation process and quality control. Effort were made to research the CNKI. full-text database to preliminary find 700 placebo-related clinical research literature, screen out 301 eligible articles by hand, read the literatures to extract placebo-related information and make statistics and discussions.

Characterizing the fluorescent products of waste activated sludge in dissolved organic matter following ultrasound assisted ozone pretreatments.

This study investigated the effects of ozone and ultrasound (US) pretreatments, both individually and combined, on waste activated sludge reduction. Batch tests were conducted first to optimize the individual ozone and US pretreatments. Maximum sludge reduction ratios of 10.