Stephania and Improved Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide

• The clinical efficacy of hydrogen combined with tetrandrine in the treatment of silicosis fibrosis: A randomized controlled intervention study.

  • 2026-08
  • RCT · n = 116
  • Respiratory medicine 260
  • • Kang Xiao
    • Yanping Sang
    • Mao Cao
    • Yong Yang
    • Mengjie Cheng
    • Jiazi Ma
    • Siqi Wang
    • Xinyue Li
    • Xuansheng Ding
    • Zhongjun Du

  • PubMed: 42250702
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2026.108939

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Clinical

  Combination therapy with hydrogen significantly improved diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide ... compared with Tet alone (7.370 L vs. 8.589 L, P < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes