To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine in the treatment of drug-induced liver injury(DILI). By searching the randomized controlled trials(RCTs) of the Chinese medicine published in CNKI, WanFang, VIP, PubMed, Web of Science, in a time limit from database establishment to May 1, 2020. The bias risk assessment and Meta-analysis were then conducted for the included studies. Seventeen studies were finally included, all of which were RCTs, including 1 407 patients. The experimental group was treated with Chinese herbal medicine decoction or Chinese patent medicine, involving a total of 11 kinds of drugs, and the control group was treated with conventional Western medicine. Meta-analysis results showed that, in terms of treatment effective rate, Yinlan Yigan Granules, Shuganning, Jiangmeiling Capsules, Baidan Shugan Recipe and Sini Shugan Decoction were all superior to Western medicine treatment. In terms of reducing alanine aminotransferase(ALT), Yinlan Yigan Granules, Shuganning, Hugan Jiedu Recipe, Wuzhi Tablets, Wucao Baogan Recipe and Liuwei Wuling Tablets were superior to Western medicine. In terms of reducing aspartate aminotransferase(AST), Shuganning, Hugan Jiedu Recipe, Wucao Baogan Recipe, Liuwei Wuling Tablets and Sini Shugan Decoction were all superior to Western medicine. In terms of reducing total bilirubin(TBiL), Yinlan Yigan Granules, Shuganning, Jiedu Hugan Yin, Wuzhi Tablets, Wucao Baogan Recipe, Baidan Shugan Recipe and Sini Shugan Decoction were all superior to Western medicine treatment. Combined with network Meta-analysis and probability ranking, it can be seen that, Jiangmeiling Capsules, Shuganning, Sini Shugan Decoction and Baidan Shugan Recipe were most likely to be the best drugs to improve the efficiency and reduce ALT, AST, TBiL, respectively, with certain advantages compared to conventional Western medicine treatment. Of the seventeen studies included, eight studies described safety issues, three of which involved the test group, all of which were minor adverse reactions that disappeared after drug withdrawal or symptomatic treatment. However, due to the low quality of the included studies, more high-quality clinical studies are needed for further verification, thus providing more evidence-based medical evidence for Chinese medicine intervention in DILI.
Keywords: drug-induced liver injury; network Meta-analysis; systematic review; traditional Chinese medicine therapy.