Daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, for the maintenance of surgically induced remission in patients with Crohn's disease: a retrospective analysis of 258 patients
Daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, for the maintenance of surgically induced remission in patients with Crohn's disease: a retrospective analysis of 258 patients
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DOI:
10.1007/s00595-013-0747-6
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发表时间:
2014-08-01
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2.5
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Sahara, Rikisaburo
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Kanazawa, Amane;Sako, Minako;Sahara, Rikisaburo
Despite numerous studies, the best postoperative therapy for Crohn's disease is still undefined. We retrospectively evaluated the effects of postoperative maintenance therapy with daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese Kampo medicine, on the reoperation rate at 3 years in patients with Crohn's disease.A total of 258 patients who underwent surgery for Crohn's disease were identified for the study. For the prevention of postoperative recurrence, patients were stratified to receive 5-aminosalicylic acid, azathioprine or daikenchuto, and their effects on preventing reoperation at 3 years were evaluated.Of the 258 patients, 44 required reoperation with intestinal resection within 3 years due to disease recurrence. The 3-year reoperation rate was significantly lower in the postoperative daikenchuto group than in the non-daikenchuto group (11.3 vs. 24.5 %, P = 0.01), and was similarly significantly lower in the postoperative 5-aminosalicylic acid group than in the non-5-aminosalicylic acid group (14.8 vs. 29.6 %, P = 0.0049). A multivariate Cox analysis showed that postoperative daikenchuto (P = 0.035) and postoperative 5-aminosalicylic acid (P = 0.022) were significantly and independently associated with the rate of reoperation at 3 years in patients with Crohn's disease.We propose that continuous daikenchuto therapy is a clinically useful and feasible maintenance therapy for the prevention of postoperative reoperation in patients with Crohn's disease.