• Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, P.R.China;
TIAN Jinzhou, Email: jztian@hotmail.com
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Objectives To systematically review the efficacy and safety of butylphthalide soft capsule with routine treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).Methods Databases including CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, CBM, PubMed, EMbase, and The Cochrane Library were electronically searched from September 2002 to July 2018 to collect randomized controlled trials of butylphthalide soft capsule with routine treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The trial was screened based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the methodological quality of the included trial was assessed. Meta-analysis was then performed by Revman 5.3 software.Results A total of 8 studies involving 576 patients were included. The butylphthalide soft capsule group included 283 patients and the control group included 293 patients. The result of meta-analysis showed that butylphthalide soft capsule with routine treatment (Donepezil hydrochloride or Memantine or EGb761) significantly improved the score of mini-mental state examination (MMSE) (MD=3.19, 95% CI 2.69 to 3.69, P<0.001) and clinical efficacy (RR=1.36, 95%CI 1.21 to 1.53, P<0.001). There was no significant difference in number of adverse events between the butylphthalide group and the control group (RR=1.13, 95%CI 0.77 to 1.67, P=0.52).Conclusions Based on the routine treatment, combining with butylphthalide soft capsule can further facilitate cognitive function of AD and improve clinical efficacy. At the same time, no increase in adverse reactions has been found. However, due to the low quality of the included studies, more high quality randomized controlled trials are required to verify the results.

Citation: TENG Yuou, SHI Jing, CAO Tianyu, YAO Xuan, NI Jingnian, TIAN Jinzhou. Efficacy and safety of butylphthalide soft capsule in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(12): 1446-1452. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201904115 Copy

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