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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2025 Apr;45(2):437-442.
doi: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2025.02.009.

Rech. f. & Esfand as adjunctive therapy for eradication: a randomized controlled trial

Nima Vaziri  1 , Gholamreza Dehghannoudeh  2 , Fariba Sharififar  1 , Fatemeh Dabaghzadeh  2 , Farhad Sarafzadeh  3 , Bizhan Ahmadi  4
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Rech. f. & Esfand as adjunctive therapy for eradication: a randomized controlled trial

Nima Vaziri et al. J Tradit Chin Med. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of this plant as adjunctive therapy on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication.

Methods: The plant capsules were prepared and their physicochemical properties were assessed. In this clinical trial, 99 patients with H. pylori infection were randomized to receive Salvia mirzayanii Rech. f. & Esfand (S. mirzayanii) or placebo capsules for two weeks. All the patients in both groups received clarithromycin-based triple therapy. Both intention to treat and per protocol analyses were performed. Eradication rates, treatment side effects, and medication compliance were evaluated in both groups.

Results: H. pylori eradication rate of all the randomized participants was 59.59%. The eradication rate of H. pyloriwas significantly higher in S. mirzayanii group compared with that in the placebo group for per protocol analysis (84.62%, P = 0.026) but not for intention to treat one (65.31%, P = 0.252). There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding the frequencies of the medications side effects and the patients with poor compliance.

Conclusion: The use of S. mirzayanii as adjunctive therapy to 14-day clarithromycin-based triple therapy might improve H. pylorieradication rate.

Keywords: Rech. f. & Esfand; clarithromycin-based triple therapy; resistance.

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Figure 1. The CONSORT flow diagram for the study participants
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