A Single Arm Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Plasma Cell Mastitis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05530226 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : September 7, 2022
Last Update Posted : September 7, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Plasma Cell Mastitis | Drug: Traditional Chinese medicine | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | single arm study |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Single Arm Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Plasma Cell Mastitis |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 1, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 31, 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 31, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Traditional Chinese medicine group
Traditional Chinese medicine, twice daily
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Drug: Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine, oral administration, twice daily
Other Name: Traditional herbal medicine |
- Clinical cure rate [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]the proportion of patients who completely respond to the treatment at any study time point
- Clinical response rate [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]the proportion of patients who respond to the treatment at any study time point
- Surgical rate [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]the proportion of patients who receive surgery at any study time point
- Local recurrence rate [ Time Frame: Within 6 months after treatment ]the proportion of patients who recur at any study time point
- Adverse events (AE) and serious adverse events (SAE) [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]For adverse events (AE) and serious adverse events (SAE), refer to NCI-CTC AE 5.0 standard.
- Expression of immune cells [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]Expression of immune cells (T cell, B cell, NK cell)
- Expression of cytokines (IL, INF-r, TNF-a) [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]Expression of cytokines (IL, INF-r, TNF-a)
- C-reactive protein [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]Expression of c-reactive protein
- Clinical symptom scores [ Time Frame: During treatment(1 month to 6 months) ]Clinical symptom scores were measured using traditional Chinese medicine clinical symptom assessment with reference to The Disease Diagnosis Curative Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Standard. The clinical symptom scales include mass size, swelling, discharge, retraction, abscess, fistula. The higher the score, the worse the symptom. Clinical symptom scores of patients before and after treatment were observed and compared.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 60 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meet the diagnostic criteria for plasma cell mastitis.
- Women aged > 20 years and ≤ 60 years.
- Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) Scale score ≥ 70.
- Volunteers to participate in the study, provision of signed informed consent, good compliance and willingness to cooperate with follow-ups.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant and lactating women; fertile women who provide positive results of baseline pregnancy test; women of childbearing age who are unwilling to take effective contraceptive measures during the whole study period.
- Patients with serious underlying diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system diseases.
- Allergic constitution, such as a history of allergies to two or more drugs or foods; or those who are known to be allergic to the ingredients of the drugs used in this trial.
- Recent use of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs.
- Hormone and immunosuppressive therapy were used one month before enrollment.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05530226
Contact: Nan Niu, MD | +8618940256668 | niunannancy@163.com | |
Contact: Caigang Liu, MD | liucg@sj-hospital.org |
China, Liaoning | |
Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University | Recruiting |
Shenyang, Liaoning, China, 110004 | |
Contact: Caigang Liu, PHD +86 18940254967 liucg@sj-hospital.org | |
Principal Investigator: Caigang Liu, PHD |
Principal Investigator: | Caigang Liu | Shengjing Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Caigang Liu, Professor, Shengjing Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05530226 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Shengjing-LCG013 |
First Posted: | September 7, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 7, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Mastitis Puerperal Disorders Pregnancy Complications Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
Urogenital Diseases Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |