The Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Reducing the Application of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Acute Mastitis

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The object of the study is to evaluate the effect of Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci) Granules to reduce the application of antibiotics for women with acute mastitis.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
• Collaborator: Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Cefdinir; Cephalosporins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Women in lactation who have strong willing to breastfeeding;

2. The course of acute mastitis should be within 3 days, and the ultrasound examination indicates there is no abscess cavity formed;

3. The body temperature is higher than 37.2°C but lower than 41°C;

4. The VAS scores of participants≥4;

5. Patients with acute mastitis have not received other medical therapies;

6. Those who have signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who suffered nipple ulceration, painful fissuring or developmental defects fail to breastfeed;

2. Participants with other breast diseases are not appropriate to breastfeed;

3. Participants with severe cognitive or metabolic diseases will affect breastfeeding;

4. Participants who have been allergic to penicillin and cephalosporin.