• Medicine · Jan 2021

    The effectiveness and safety of sanfu acupoint herbal patching for treating allergic rhinitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

    • Qiaochu Zhu, Zhongyu Zhou, Dan Wei, Yang Jiao, Yangpu Zhang, Xiaohui Tian, Yan Wang, Fu Dong, and Aiqun Song.
    • Hubei University of Chinese Medicine.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 8; 100 (1): e24121e24121.

    BackgroundAllergic rhinitis (AR) is one of the most common chronic disease of the nasal mucosa globally. Several clinical studies have shown that sanfu acupoint herbal patching (SAHP) has obvious advantages in treating AR. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of SAHP for treating AR.MethodThe following 9 electronic databases will be searched from January 2010 to October 2020: PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Database, WANFANG Database, China Biology Medicine disc. The selection of the studies and the extraction of the data are independently completed by 2 reviewers. The qualities of the studies are evaluated by Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. The main outcome of included studies is total effective rate. Secondary outcomes are Total Nasal Symptom Score, recurrence rate, Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire, adverse events and laboratory indicators: serum immunoglobulin E (IgE). And the STATA 14.0 software will be implemented for data synthesis and meta-analysis.ResultsThe review is ongoing, no results can be reported.ConclusionsThe systematic review will provide a better option for patients to treat AR.Registration NumberINPLASY2020100101.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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