Ancient herbal mix may shorten hospital stays for COPD patients
NCT ID NCT07403032
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding a modified Chinese herbal decoction (Ma Xing Shi Gan) to standard care helps people with COPD flare-ups recover faster. Two hundred participants will be randomly assigned to receive either standard care alone or standard care plus the herbal formula for 14 days. The main goal is to see if the herbal treatment shortens hospital stays, with additional measures for symptom relief and breathing ability.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- modified Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction (a Chinese herbal formula)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a safe, add-on herbal treatment to help people recover faster from COPD flare-ups and reduce time in the hospital.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase designation, so results are uncertain. The herbal mixture may not work better than standard care alone, and individual responses can vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients meeting diagnostic criteria for COPD exacerbation, as defined by "Expert consensus on the acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China (revision in 2023)" ; 2. Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for phlegm-heat stagnation in the lungs syndrome within COPD, as referenced in the "Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Terminology of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Syndromes" and the 2020 International Guidelines for Clinical Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine; 3. Age \> 18 years; 4. Hospitalized patients; 5. Voluntarily consent to treatment and sign an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of allergy to the study drug; 2. History of active liver disease; 3. Patients undergoing dialysis or with known moderate to severe renal impairment; 4. Suspected or confirmed active systemic infection; 5. Patients with host immune dysfunction, host immunodeficiency, or host immune reconstitution.
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