Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Efficacy and Safety of Sipjeondaebo-Tang for Anorexia in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 2

Changes from baseline to the end of the study on anorexia.


Variable	Period	SJDBT group	Placebo group		Group effect	Period effect
Variable	Period	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		Group effect	Period effect

FAACT ACS scale	0 weeks				0.456	0.028
	2 weeks
	4 weeks
	Δ(0–)			0.245
	ANOVA	Period X group interaction:

FAACT	0 weeks
	2 weeks				0.176	0.118
	4 weeks
	Δ(0–)			0.124
	ANOVA	Period X group interaction:

Anorexia VAS	0 weeks
	2 weeks				0.600	<0.001
	4 weeks
	Δ(0–)			0.346
	ANOVA	Period X group interaction:

FAACT: Functional Assessment of Anorexia Cachexia Therapy; ACS: Anorexia-Cachexia Subscale; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; represents value of comparison between mean difference of SJDBT group and placebo group.