SynthesisBioMed research international2021
Traditional Chinese Medicine Strategy for Patients with Tourette Syndrome Based on Clinical Efficacy and Safety: A Meta-Analysis of 47 Randomized Controlled Trials.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Emerging therapeutic approaches for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders - a systematic review of current clinical trials.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of Shaomazhijing granules in the treatment of Tourette's syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Hereditas · 2025Trial
- Multimodal brain imaging neurotransmitter marker study of TD: a review of TCM effect mechanisms and precise diagnosis and treatment combining traditional Chinese and western medicine.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Comprehensive Management of Tourette Syndrome: Insights from Genetics and Pathophysiology: A Review.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Review
- Network Pharmacology Combined with Animal Models to Investigate the Mechanism of ChangPu YuJin Tang in the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025Article
- Review
- Tourette Syndrome Treatment Updates: a Review and Discussion of the Current and Upcoming Literature.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022Review
- Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Treating Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2021.F1000Research · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough increasing evidence reveals the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and its safety on Tourette Syndrome (TS) patients, whether TCM is indeed improving TS remains unclear. The purpose of the current study is to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TCM on treating TS patients.
methodAn elaborate search strategy was conducted based on several databases including Medline, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, CINAHL, CBM, VIP, CNKI, and Wanfang Data in order to identify the relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from their inception to as late as May 1st, 2020. General information and data needing analysis were extracted simultaneously for the necessity of various analyses such as descriptive analysis and metaquantitative analysis.
resultsForty-seven trials with 5437 TS patients in total were eventually included according to our criteria. All trials were conducted in China, and the publication years ranged from 2004 to 2017. In terms of clinical efficacy, clinical symptoms of patients with TCM were more likely to be improved compared with the control group (odds ratio, OR = -1.29, 95% confidence interval, CI: -2.54 to -0.06,
conclusionThe results of our study recommend applying TCM to treat TS patients for better efficacy and safety. Results need to be interpreted cautiously due to certain limitations in our study.
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