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Table 8 Effective clinical indicators

From: Systematic analysis of randomised controlled trials of Chinese herb medicine for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): implications for future drug development and trial design

Effective indicators

Trials number

Patients number

Primary outcome

  

 Overall clinical efficacy rate

78

7075

 Hepatic function outcomes

81

8650

 Blood lipid profiles

81

7794

 Radiological response improvement

34

3857

Secondary outcome

  

 Therapeutic effect index

11

1118

 Blood sugar

9

801

 Liver fat

7

654

 Indexes of inflammation

5

424

 Necrosis factor

1

120

Other indicators

  

 BMI

15

2044

 Intestinal flora

3

212