[Effects of xinluotong tablet on stable coronary heart disease angina: a randomized controlled trial].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of Xinluotong Tablet (XLTT, with actions of benefiting qi, activating blood, and supplementing Shen) in treatment of stable coronary heart disease angina patients of qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome.


METHODS
240 stable coronary heart disease angina patients of qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome were randomly assigned to the trial group and the control group, 120 in each group. The trial group was treated with XLTT, four tablets each time, three times a day, while the control group was treated with Yangxinshi Tablet (YXST), three tablets each time, three times a day. The double blinded treatment lasted for four weeks. The therapeutic effects on angina, electrocardiogram (ECG), the exercise test, the improvement of Chinese medicine syndromes, and the safety index were observed.


RESULTS
The trial group was superior to the control group after treatment in aspects of the therapeutic effects on angina (91.45% vs 84.87%) and the ECG (65.81% vs 55.46%), but with no statistical difference (P>0.05). There was no statistical difference in the the exercise test or the improvement of Chinese medicine syndromes (P>0.05). No adverse reaction occurred during the therapeutic course.


CONCLUSIONS
XLTT was safe and effective in treatment of stable coronary heart disease angina patients of qi deficiency blood stasis syndrome.
Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091.
Li
L
Xin
Feng-qin
FQ
Xu
Rui
R
Gao
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy; D060050:Angina, Stable / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013607:Tablets
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D013607:Tablets