Efficacy Assessment of Chinese Herbal Medicine Tangweian Recipe Treating Participants With Diabetic Gastroenteropathy

Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Not yet enrolling; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Diabetic Gastroenteropathy

Treatments: Drug: Mosapride Citrate; Drug: Tangweian Recipe

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05720442

SFIMD2022B06

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized, positive drug parallel-controlled clinical trial in participants with diabetic gastroenteropathy. A total of 60 participants will be recruited for the study, all of whom are diagnosed as diabetes mellitus combined with gastroenteropathy. The subjects will be divided randomly into two groups and treated with either Tangweian Recipe+mosapride citrate tablets or mosapride citrate tablets for four weeks. The primary outcome will be the change in gastroparesis symptom severity, as measured by the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptoms Daily diary Index-Daily Diary (ANMS GCSI-DD). And participants will be seen for a clinic evaluation at weeks 0 and 4, during which symptom scores, adverse events and treatment compliance will be assessed.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 to 70 years at the time of their consent;
2. Those diagnosed with diabetic gastrointestinal lesions with gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea/vomiting, early satiety, bloating, and epigastric pain for more than 3 months or longer;
3. History of symptoms of mellitus for at least 5 years leading up to the Screening Visit and Blood glucose stable within 1 month;
4. Mean Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (GCSI) score ≥ 2; or delayed gastric emptying confirmed at screening by gastric emptying breath test (GEBT);
5. TCM Syndrome differentiation as spleen deficiency and stomach stagnation syndrome;
6. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar nonketotic diabetic coma, severe infection, and surgery in recent one month;
2. Patients with gastrointestinal reactions caused by glucose-lowering drugs and patients treated with GLP-1 class drugs;
3. Have a history of or are suffering from severe gastrointestinal disease
4. Gastrectomy, fundoplication, vagotomy, pyloroplasty, bariatric surgery, or gastric stimulation device surgically implanted within the last year;
5. Combination of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hepatic and renal insufficiency, psychiatric patients, drug abuse and dependence;
6. Women who are pregnant, preparing for pregnancy or breastfeeding;
7. Patients who participated in other clinical studies within one month prior to participating in this study or were participating in other clinical studies;
8. According to the judgment of the researcher, other diseases or conditions that reduce the possibility of enrollment or complicate the enrollment, such as frequent changes in working environment and unstable living environment, are likely to cause loss of follow-up.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Tangweian Recipe Group

Experimental group

Description:

1. Tangweian formula granule (30g per bag), 1 bag per time, twice a day, take it with warm water after meals. 2. 1 mosapride citratetablet per time, 3 times a day, take it with meals.

Treatment:

Drug: Mosapride Citrate

Drug: Tangweian Recipe

Mosapride Citrate Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

1 mosapride citratetablet per time, 3 times a day, take it with meals.

Treatment:

Drug: Mosapride Citrate