Effectiveness and Safety of the Combination of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Jade Screen and Desloratadine in the Treatment of Chronic Urticaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

The basic characteristics of the 16 RCT studies.

Author/year	Groups	Sample size	Age (median or mean or range)	Course of disease	Course of treatment (days)	Intervention	Outcomes
Zhang et al., 2008 [16]	EP	50	19–60	21.3 months	28		①②③
	CG	50	19–60	22.5 months	28
Jiang et al., 2009 [17]	EP	32	18–52	6–24 weeks	84		①②④
	CG	30	18–50	6–25 weeks	84
Hu et al., 2011 [18]	EP	28	21–58	9 weeks–11 months	28		①
	CG	26	21–58	9 weeks–11 months	28
Cai, 2012 [19]	EP	62	18–75	2 months–10 years	40		①②③④
	CG	58	18–75	2 months–10 years	40
Liang, 2012 [20]	EP	60		1.1 ± 0.25 years	28		①②③
	CG	60		1.6 ± 0.5 years	28
Qu, 2013 [21]	EP	43	12–45	6 weeks–2 years	28		①②
	CG	43	13–43	6 weeks–2 years	28
Su et al., 2013 [22]	EP	59	12–60	≥6 weeks	28		①②③
	CG	58	12–60	≥6 weeks	28
Wang, 2013 [23]	EP	99	35–60	3 months–12 years	28		①②③
	CG	82	35–60	3 months–12 years	28
Wei and Zhang, 2013 [24]	EP	41		≥6 weeks	28		①②③
	CG	40		≥6 weeks	28
Zhu, 2013 [25]	EP	36		2 months–3 years	21		①②③
	CG	28		2 months–3 years	21
Xie, 2014 [26]	EP	60	16–58	2 months–8 years	56		①②
	CG	60	16–58	2 months–8 years	56
Fu et al., 2015 [27]	EP	100		years	56		①②③④⑤
	CG	110		years	56
Li, 2015 [28]	EP	62	18–56	2 months–3 years	28		①②
	CG	48	20–58	2 months–4 years	28
Tian and Huang, 2015 [29]	EP	86	18–62	8 weeks–5 years	28		①②③⑤
	CG	86	18–63	9 weeks–7 years	28
Qin et al., 2016 [30]	EP	48		years	28		①②③
	CG	48		years	28
Zhao, 2016 [31]	EP	35		years	30		①②③④
	CG	35		years	30

(1) Desloratadine: 5 mg po qd; (2) Jade Screen: po tid + Desloratadine: 5 mg po qd; (3) desloratadine: 8.8 mg po qd; (4) Jade Screen: po tid + desloratadine: 8.8 mg po qd; EP: experiment group; CG: control group; ① total effective rate; ② adverse reaction; ③ recurrence rate; ④ symptom score; ⑤ serum IgE level.