The effect of Xinkeshu tablets on depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

The effect of Xinkeshu tablets on depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Feb 19;112:108639 Authors: Ma H, Wang Y, Xue Y, Huang D, Kong Y, Zhao X, Zhang M Abstract A large proportion of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) suffer from depression or anxiety symptoms and this is associated with increased mortality [1]. This double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial (ChiCTR-IPR-17010940) aimed to explore whether Xinkeshu tablets can reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms in CAD patients and how this is related to the concentration of plasma cytokines. Sixty patients with CAD anda Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-a/HADS-d) score of ≥8 were treated with Xinkeshu tablets or placebo for 12 weeks following percutaneous revascularization. Depressive/anxiety symptoms and the levels of 440 peripheral blood cytokines were evaluated at baseline and after 12 weeks treatment. Results showed significantly lower (P < 0.05) HADS-a/HADS-d and PHQ-9 scores in CAD patients treated with Xinkeshu tablets than in those who received placebo. These improvements were associated with changes in certain peripheral blood cytokines; most notably trappin-2, adiponectin, interleukin 1β (IL-1β), thrombopoietin, activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and trans...
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