Review Article

Curative Effects of Fuzheng Huayu on Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics, intervention, and outcome measures of the individual studies in the meta-analysis.

Studies and published years [No]Diseases Cases (T/C)Intervention regimens Time (wk)Outcomes assessment
Treatment groupControl group

Liu et al. 2005 [11]Hepatitis B-caused fibrosis110/1060.93 g per FZHY capsule, five capsules orally, tid0.93 g per Huoluo Shugan capsule, five capsules orally, tid24Histologic examination, liver function, liver fibrosis, B ultrasound examination, safety assessment parameter

Zhao et al. 2006 [26]Hepatitis B-caused fibrosis30/30FZHY recipe orally, twiceConventional protection liver therapeutics12Clinical syndrome, liver fibrosis

Hu 2007 [27]Cirrhosis32/305 FZHY capsules orally, tidConventional protection liver therapeutics12Liver function, liver fibrosis

Qiu 2010 [28]Hepatitis B-caused fibrosis60/500.3 g per tablet in FZHY, 1.5 g tid orallyConventional protection liver therapeutics24Liver fibrosis

Wang 2011 [29]Hepatitis B-caused fibrosis60/550.3 g per tablet in FZHY, 1.5 g tid orallyConventional protection liver therapeutics12Liver fibrosis

Liang et al. 2011 [30]Posthepatitic cirrhosis90/904 FZHY tablets orally, tidConventional protection liver therapeutics, placebo24Social ability score, liver function, liver fibrosis, coagulation, B ultrasound examination, safety assessment

Fan and Wu 2012 [31]Hepatitis B-caused fibrosis60/600.3 g per tablet in FZHY, 1.5 g orally, tidConventional protection liver therapeutics24Liver function, liver fibrosis, B ultrasound examination

Zhu 2012 [32]Posthepatitic fibrosis28/280.3 g per tablet in FZHY, 1.5 g orally, tid10 g silymarin orally, tid24Clinical syndrome, liver fibrosis

Wu and He 2013 [33]Schistosomiasis hepatic fibrosis33/313 FZHY capsules orally, tidConventional protection liver therapeutics24Clinical syndrome, liver function, liver fibrosis

Deng et al. 2013 [34]Posthepatitic cirrhosis90/904 FZHY tablets orally, tidFour placebo tablets orally, tid24Liver function, liver fibrosis, coagulation, hemodynamics, degree of esophagogastric varices, score of symptoms and life quality, adverse events, two-year survival

Song et al. 2013 [14]Hepatitis B-caused cirrhosis110/1060.4 g per tablet in FZHY, 1.6 g orally, tid0.4 g per tablet in placebo, 1.6 g orally, tid12ALT, AST, HA, TCM syndrome score, Child-Pugh

Wang et al. 2014 [35]Fibrosis30/303 FZHY tablets orally, tid6 g Anluo Huaxian pill orally, twice48Histologic examination, FibroScan, liver fibrosis, B ultrasound examination

No: reference number; T: treatment group; C: control group; wk: weeks.