PMID- 33429784 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210118 LR - 20230103 IS - 1536-5964 (Electronic) IS - 0025-7974 (Print) IS - 0025-7974 (Linking) VI - 100 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jan 8 TI - The effectiveness and safety of sanfu acupoint herbal patching for treating allergic rhinitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. PG - e24121 LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000024121 [doi] LID - e24121 AB - BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is one of the most common chronic disease of the nasal mucosa globally. Several clinical studies have shown that sanfu acupoint herbal patching (SAHP) has obvious advantages in treating AR. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of SAHP for treating AR. METHOD: The following 9 electronic databases will be searched from January 2010 to October 2020: PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Database, WANFANG Database, China Biology Medicine disc. The selection of the studies and the extraction of the data are independently completed by 2 reviewers. The qualities of the studies are evaluated by Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. The main outcome of included studies is total effective rate. Secondary outcomes are Total Nasal Symptom Score, recurrence rate, Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire, adverse events and laboratory indicators: serum immunoglobulin E (IgE). And the STATA 14.0 software will be implemented for data synthesis and meta-analysis. RESULTS: The review is ongoing, no results can be reported. CONCLUSIONS: The systematic review will provide a better option for patients to treat AR. REGISTRATION NUMBER: INPLASY2020100101. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. FAU - Zhu, Qiaochu AU - Zhu Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7076-5557 AD - Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. FAU - Zhou, Zhongyu AU - Zhou Z AD - Hubei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. AD - Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. FAU - Wei, Dan AU - Wei D AD - Hubei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. AD - Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. FAU - Jiao, Yang AU - Jiao Y AD - Hubei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. AD - Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. FAU - Zhang, Yangpu AU - Zhang Y AD - Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan, China. FAU - Tian, Xiaohui AU - Tian X AD - Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. FAU - Dong, Fu AU - Dong F AD - Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. FAU - Song, Aiqun AU - Song A AD - Hubei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. AD - Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. LA - eng GR - 2019XZZX-ZJ006/National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 2019 Project BEBPC-TCM/ PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Medicine (Baltimore) JT - Medicine JID - 2985248R SB - IM MH - *Acupuncture Points MH - *Clinical Protocols MH - Humans MH - Medicine, Chinese Traditional/*standards MH - Meta-Analysis as Topic MH - Rhinitis, Allergic/*therapy MH - Systematic Reviews as Topic PMC - PMC7793360 COIS- The authors have no funding and conflicts of interests to disclose. EDAT- 2021/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/20 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/08 CRDT- 2021/01/12 01:15 PHST- 2020/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/12 01:15 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00005792-202101080-00060 [pii] AID - MD-D-20-11832 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000024121 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 8;100(1):e24121. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024121.