Clinical Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Combination with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Retrospective Study and A Meta-analysis
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Clinical Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Combination with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Retrospective Study and A Meta-analysis
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Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 67, Issue 5, Pages: 534-543(2026)
ZHAN Chenguang,YANG Shengqin,LI Xin,et al.Clinical Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Combination with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Retrospective Study and A Meta-analysis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,67(05):534-543.
ZHAN Chenguang,YANG Shengqin,LI Xin,et al.Clinical Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Combination with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Retrospective Study and A Meta-analysis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,67(05):534-543.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2026.05.012.
Clinical Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Combination with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis:A Retrospective Study and A Meta-analysis增强出版
回顾性收集169例类风湿关节炎患者的临床资料,将71例采用JAK抑制剂治疗的患者纳入对照组,98例采用JAK抑制剂+中药治疗的患者纳入观察组,疗程均为24周。评估两组患者治疗前后类风湿因子(RF)、抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体(anti-CCP)、红细胞沉降率(ESR)、C反应蛋白(CRP)、白细胞计数(WBC)水平。检索中国知网、万方数据知识服务平台、维普数据库、Pub Med和Web of Science自建库至2025年8月31日发表的JAK抑制剂联合中药治疗类风湿关节炎的随机对照试验,采用偏倚风险评估工具评价纳入文献的方法学质量,对RF、anti-CCP、ESR、CRP水平以及28个关节疾病活动度(DAS28)评分、临床总有效率、不良事件发生率进行Meta分析,并进行敏感性分析。
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors combined with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods
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Clinical data from 169 RA patients were retrospectively collected. Among them, 71 cases received JAK inhibitors as the control group, while 98 cases received JAK inhibitors plus CHM as the observation group, both treated for 24 weeks. The rheumatoid factor (RF), cyclic citic peptide antibody (anti-CCP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), and white blood cell count (WBC) were recorded before and after treatment. Databases including CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, PubMed and Web of Science were searched from inception till August 31st, 2025 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the combined use of JAK inhibitors and CHM for RA. The methodological quality of the included studies was evaluated using the risk of bias assessment tool. Meta-analyses were performed for RF, anti-CCP, ESR, CRP, 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28), overall clinical effective rate, and incidence of adverse events. Sensitivity analysis were also performed.
Results
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The retrospective study demonstrated that after treatment, ESR, CRP, and anti-CCP levels decreased in the observation group, while ESR and CRP levels decreased in the control group (
P
<0.05). Moreover, ESR and RF levels in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (
P
<0.05). A total of 9 RCTs involving 770 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The results indicated that the JAK inhibitors plus CHM group was superior to the JAK inhibitors group in reducing RF (
MD
=-8.97, 95%
CI
-15.01 to -2.94,
P
=0.004), CRP (
MD
=-3.34, 95%
CI
-3.82 to -2.86,
P
<0.001), ESR (
MD
=-5.33, 95%
CI
-7.98 to -2.69,
P
<0.001), and DAS28 score (
MD
=-0.54, 95%
CI
-0.74 to -0.34,
P
<0.001), as well as in improving the overall clinical effective rate (
OR
=4.53, 95%
CI
2.55 to 8.03,
P
<0.001). No statistically significant differences were observed between groups in anti-CCP levels (
SMD
=-2.08, 95%
CI
-4.41 to 0.24,
P
=0.080) or incidence of adverse events (
OR
=0.93, 95%
CI
0.55 to 1.57,
P
=0.790).
Conclusion
2
The combination of JAK inhibitors and CHM demonstrates remarkable efficacy in treating RA, contributing to improved disease activity and reduced inflammatory markers with a favorable safety profile.
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