Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis on Gut Microbiota and Immune-modulation

Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Study the Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis on Gut Microbiota and Immune-modulation in Humans

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04388358
• Other study ID #: NMRPD1J0771
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 3, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

40 allergic rhinitis patients in the acute phase will be enrolled in the study. All the allergic patients should be confirmed those who are over 20 years old and hypersensitive to house dust mite allergens confirmed by MAST test before study. All patients were treated with mixed formula of Chinese medicine for one months.

Description:

Perennial allergic rhinitis is an important disease in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) due to its high prevalence rate in Taiwan. In our previous studies, a new mixed formula of Chinese herbs was evaluated for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. In these studies, we found that immunoduoatory effects of Chinese medicine include: CD4+ T lymphocytes; Regulatory T cells; Dendritic cells, and Regulatory B cells. These results allow us to confirm the immunomodulatory effects of mixed formula of traditional Chinese medicine. In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the effects of gut microbiota on immune-modulation. Many immunomodulaotry effects of allergic diseases were considered to be closely related to gut bacteria. However, the research on allergic rhinitis is still rare, especially related to TCM treatment. From our previous studies, it has been confirmed that TCM have an immunomodulatory effect on allergic rhinitis. Whether or not they are associated with gut microbiota changes is still unknown. This year, we compared the difference of composition and diversity of gut microbiota of allergic rhinitis patients and normal individual. Indeed, we found it were different between allergic patients and normal individuals. The results of this study will provide us the information to understand whether the immunemodulation of TCM treatment on allergic rhinitis is correlated with the changes of gut microbiota.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 33
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteer for study enrollment and sign inform consent
• Mite allergy confirmed by MAST test
• Over 20 years old
• Will have their blood collected twice and stool samples
• Allergic rhinitis patients in the acute phase will be treated with mixed formula of Chinese medicine for one months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding
• Under treatment of western medicine including steroid, antihistamine, leukotriene inhibitor, immunosuppressant or stop above medication less than one month
• Under acute inflammatory disease such as pneumonia, sinusitis, bronchitis and so on vasomotor type allergic rhinitis
• History of allergy or adverse effect to Chinese herbs, poor compliance of herbal medicine severe organ function impairment, such as heart failure, liver failure, renal failure (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Allergic Rhinitis
• Rhinitis
• Rhinitis, Allergic
• Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial

Intervention

Drug:
• Shin-yi-san + Xiao-qing-long-tang + Xiang-sha-liu-jun-zi-tang by the weight of 9g+3g+3g/day
All patients were treated with mixed formula of Chinese medicine for one month

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Serum IgE level assessments and MAST test	check serum total IgE and mite specific IgE	On starting day (day 0)
Secondary	CD4+ Cell isolation and purification	check CD4 Cell by flowcytometry	Assessment of CD4+ on Day 0 and 1 month after completing treatment
Secondary	Quantification of mRNA expression by means of RT-PCR and real-time PCR		Assessment of mRNA on Day 0 and 1 month after completing treatment
Secondary	Gut microbiota data analysis procedures	use cecal stool DNA purification and quantification of cecal microbiota by quantitative PCR (qPCR). Using V3-V5 16S rRNA amplification; Processing of NGS data; Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) cluster; Taxonomic profiling	Assessment of gut microbiota on Day 0 and 1 month after completing treatment