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- Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment options include traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) methods like tonifying kidney decoction (TKD) and acupuncture (AP), alongside western medicine such as donepezil hydrochloride (DH), leading to a need for direct comparisons in clinical practice.
- The objective of the study was to analyze the efficacy of TKD and AP combined with DH through network meta-analysis, focusing on the total effective rate and secondary indicators like MMSE and ADCS-ADL scores.
- Results from 30 studies with 2236 patients indicated that TKD combined with DH yielded better outcomes compared to DH alone, while specific types of TKD (TKRP and TKFLM) showed positive efficacy, with TKRP + DH being
Article Abstract
Importance: As one of the chronic neurological degenerative diseases with the highest incidence of amnesia and dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) carried out the clinical treatment based on the 2 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) of Chinese herbal compound and acupuncture (AP). With the vigorous development of TCM, doctors are facing the problem of choosing TCM or western medicine in clinical work. Hence there is an urge to make pairwise comparisons among these interventions to provide evidence for clinical practice.
Objective: The used efficacy of the 2 TCM methods and combined with donepeziline were compared to compile the best treatment through network meta-analysis.
Methods: Patients diagnosed with AD were included in the randomized clinical trial, who were treated with tonifying kidney decoction (TKD) or AP combined with donepezil hydrochloride (DH) as an intervention measure, while the control group was treated with DH. The total effective rate was the primary outcome, and mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score and activities of daily living (ADCS-ADL) scores were the secondary indicators.
Results: Eventually 30 studies reporting 2236 patients underwent TKD or AP combined with DH were enrolled. In terms of total efficiency, compared with TKD and DH, TKD + DH was significantly preferable. In addition, TKD were classified into 2 categories, namely tonifying kidney with reducing phlegm formulas (TKRP) and tonifying kidney with filling lean marrow (TKFLM). Regarding to MMSE score of TKD, of the 3 interventions, only TKRP + DH (standard mean difference [SMD] = 4.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.86-8.82) and TKFLM + DH (SMD = 3.93, 95% CI: 1.06-6.80) had significant efficacy over TKFLM (SMD = 4.25, 95%CI: -2.58 to 11.08). Although no difference between TKRP and other groups, its effectiveness was higher than TKFLM + DH and TKFLM (surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) = 61.5%). For the ADL score, compared with TKFLM + DH and DH, TKRP + DH had more effective (SUCRA = 70.2%). Regarding to the total effective rates, AP + DH was more statistically better than AP, and AP was statistically better than DH.
Conclusion: TKD or AP in combination with DH are significantly superior in treating AD.
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