Review Article

Modified Chaihu Shugan Powder for Functional Dyspepsia: Meta-Analysis for Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of MCSP for functional dyspepsia.

Study MethodDurationN (M : F) Mean ageInterventionsSymptom improvement

Gao, 2003 [27]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w164 (76 : 88)37.3(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 94.2% (98/104)
(2) TER: 78.3% (47/60)

G. Liang and Y. Liang, 2005 [28]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w83 (38 : 45)39.6(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Cisapride (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 90.5% (38/42)
(2) TER: 70.7% (29/41)

Huang and Yuan, 2006 [29]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w137 (64 : 73)40.4(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 92.5% (63/69)
(2) TER: 70.6% (47/68)

Hu and Zhang, 2007 [30]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
12 w61 (16 : 45)39.5(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Cisapride (5–10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 67.7% (21/31)
(2) TER: 70.0% (21/30)

Zhou, 2008 [31]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w80 (42 : 38)52.4(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Cisapride (5 mg, tid), Vitamin B6 (20 mg, tid),
Oryzanol tablets (20 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 95.0% (38/40)
(2) TER : 82.5% (33/40)

Zhu, 2008 [32]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w64 (28 : 36)36.4(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 81.3% (26/32)
(2) TER: 62.5% (20/32)

Pei and Zhao, 2009 [33]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w80 (41 : 39)51.9(1) MCSP (bid),
(2) Trimebutine maleate tablets (100 mg, q.d)
(1) TER: 85.0% (34/40)
(2) TER: 82.5% (33/40)

Tan et al., 2010 [34]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w71 (34 : 37)36.5(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Flupentixol melitracen tablets (2 pills, q.d)
(1) TER: 86.1% (31/36)
(2) TER: 65.7% (23/35)

Gong, 2010 [35]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w86 (30 : 56)36.8(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 83.7% (36/43)
(2) TER: 65.1% (29/43)

Li, 2010 [36]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w60 (24 : 36)40.6(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 93.3% (28/30)
(2) TER: 76.7% (23/30)

Zhang, 2010 [37]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
3 w100N/A(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 94.0% (47/50)
(2) TER: 86.0% (43/50)

Zhang, 2011 [38]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w54 (23 : 31)N/A(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid),
Compound Azintamide tablets (2 pills, tid)
(1) TER: 91.3% (21/23)
(2) TER: 70.9% (22/31)

Jin et al., 2012 [39]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w72 (32 : 40)39.3(1) MCSP (bid)
(2) Mosapride citrate tablets (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 83.3% (30/36)
(2) TER: 66.7% (24/36)

Liu et al., 2005 [40]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w180 (72 : 108)47.5(1) MCSP (bid), Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(2) Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 93.3% (84/90)
(2) TER: 76.7% (69/90)

Shen et al., 2005 [41]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w57 (26 : 31)33.9(1) MCSP (bid), Cisapride (10 mg, tid)
(2) Cisapride (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 83.3% (25/30)
(2) TER: 62.9% (17/27)

Zhang and Liu, 2007 [42]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w94 (38 : 56)56.0(1) MCSP (bid), Mosapride (5 mg, tid)
(2) Mosapride (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 93.8% (45/48)
(2) TER: 73.9% (34/46)

Liu et al., 2008 [43]RCT, not blinded
Comparisonindividuals
4 w48 (19 : 29)35.0(1) MCSP (bid), Flupentixol melitracen tablets (1 pill, q.d)
(2) Flupentixol melitracen tablets (1 pill, q.d)
(1) TER: 95.8% (23/24)
(2) TER: 87.5% (21/24)

Feng and Liu 2008 [44]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w75 (33 : 42)36.1(1) MCSP (bid), Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 89.5% (34/38)
(2) TER: 81.1% (30/37)

Pei and Zhao, 2009 [33]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w80 (42 : 38)52.3(1) MCSP (bid), Trimebutine maleate tablets (100  mg, q.d)
(2) Trimebutine maleate tablets (100 mg, q.d)
(1) TER: 95.0% (38/40)
(2) TER: 82.5% (33/40)

Qiu, 2010 [45]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w75 (28 : 47)43.5(1) MCSP (bid), Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 94.7% (36/38)
(2) TER : 86.5% (32/37)

Tian, 2010 [46]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
4 w98 (43 : 55)40.9(1) MCSP (bid), Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(2) Domperidone (10 mg, tid)
(1) TER: 87.8% (43/49)
(2) TER : 71.4% (35/49)

Fan, 2010 [47]RCT, not blinded
Comparison: individuals
1 m60 (21 : 39)46.5(1) MCSP (bid), Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(2) Cisapride (5 mg, tid)
(1) TER : 96.7% (58/60)
(2) TER : 85.0% (51/60)

RCT: randomized clinical trial; F: female; m: male; w: week; M: month; 1: experimental group; 2: control group; TER: total effective rate.