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Meanwhile, have placed orders for cell culture reagents necessary to reproduce cultures here. Want to see if I can send myself two cell lines on dry ice, thaw and propagate them. Hope to receive reagents next week and organize send on May 22nd or 23rd.
Would like to also simplify culture conditions if possible or attempt different differentiation protocols from what Sophie will undertake for the trunk-level cells (melanocytes, chrondrocytes). This would be good functional data to add to the microarray analyses. I would like her to explore getting Isabelle Andre-Schmutz to help out with subcutaneous or intraperitoneal cell injections in order to stimulate teratoma development. Will need to write an e-mail about that.

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Anton Krautheimer (born 1879; died during the 20th century) was a German sculptor who lived in Munich.
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In 1908 he won the prestigious Rome Prize and in 1909 he started to work as an independent sculptor in Munich. Henceforth he exhibited statues in marble, bronze and wood, busts and small sculptures with the Munich Secession and the Exhibitions in the Munich Glaspalast. Many of his works are still to be found in Germany's public space, for example the fountain of Heracles in the Dom-Pedro-Platz in Munich, the tomb of the Lotz-family in the cemetery in Berlin Zehlendorf and the statue of Siegfried on the Siegried-Fountain in Worms, Germany made by order of Adolf von Hildebrand.
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|Thomas W. Mossberg, Christoph M. Greiner, Dmitri Iazikov
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional App. No. 60/819,116 filed Jul. 7, 2006, said provisional application being hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
The field of the present invention relates to diffractive optical structures. In particular, diffractive optical structures coupling optical signals between slab waveguide optical modes and channel waveguide optical modes are disclosed herein.
Various embodiments, implementations, and adaptations of diffractive element sets are disclosed in:
application Ser. No. 11/685,212 filed Mar. 13, 2007 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,286,732);
application Ser. No. 11/676,273 filed Feb. 17, 2007;
application Ser. No. 11/552,501 filed Oct. 24, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,333,692);
application Ser. No. 11/548,279 filed Oct. 10, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,292,755);
application Ser. No. 11/532,532 filed Sep. 17, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,190,859);
application Ser. No. 11/531,274 filed Sep. 12, 2006;
application Ser. No. 11/423,856 filed Jun. 13, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,224,867);
application Ser. No. 11/383,494 filed May 16, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,203,401);
application Ser. No. 11/277,491 filed Mar. 25, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,190,856);
application Ser. No. 11/277,423 filed Mar. 24, 2006;
application Ser. No. 11/376,714 filed Mar. 14, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,349,599);
application Ser. No. 11/371,339 filed Mar. 7, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,327,908);
application Ser. No. 11/361,407 filed Feb. 23, 2006 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,116,453);
application Ser. No. 11/334,039 filed Jan. 17, 2006;
application Ser. No. 11/298,290 filed Dec. 9, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,330,614);
application Ser. No. 11/280,876 filed Nov. 15, 2005;
application Ser. No. 11/239,540 filed Sep. 28, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,009,743);
application Ser. No. 11/213,345 filed Aug. 25, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,120,334);
application Ser. No. 11/210,439 filed Aug. 23, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,359,597);
application Ser. No. 11/155,327 filed Jun. 16, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,190,858);
application Ser. No. 11/076,251 filed Mar. 8, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,062,128);
application Ser. No. 11/062,109 filed Feb. 17, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,181,103);
application Ser. No. 11/055,559 filed Feb. 9, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,123,794);
application Ser. No. 11/021,549 filed Dec. 23, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,260,290);
application Ser. No. 10/998,185 filed Nov. 26, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,993,223);
application Ser. No. 10/989,244 filed Nov. 15, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,961,491);
application Ser. No. 10/989,236 filed Nov. 15, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,965,716);
application Ser. No. 10/923,455 filed Aug. 21, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,054,517);
application Ser. No. 10/898,527 filed Jul. 22, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,194,164);
application Ser. No. 10/857,987 filed May 29, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,990,276);
application Ser. No. 10/842,790 filed May 11, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,987,911);
application Ser. No. 10/798,089 filed Mar. 10, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,823,115);
application Ser. No. 10/794,634 filed Mar. 5, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,985,656);
application Ser. No. 10/740,194 filed Dec. 17, 2003 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,224,855);
application Ser. No. 10/653,876 filed Sep. 2, 2003 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,829,417);
application Ser. No. 10/602,327 filed Jun. 23, 2003 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,859,318);
application Ser. No. 10/229,444 filed Aug. 27, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,678,429);
application Ser. No. 09/843,597 filed Apr. 26, 2001 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,965,464); and
application Ser. No. 09/811,081 filed Mar. 16, 2001 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,879,441).
Each of said applications and patents is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. A publication entitled "Planar holographic optical processing devices" (T. W. Mossberg, Opt. Lett. 26 414 (2001)) is also incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
An optical apparatus comprises a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer, a first core layer, and a second core layer. The first and second cores layers are each between the first and second cladding layers. The second core layer has a set of diffractive elements. The first and second cladding layers and the first core layer are arranged so as to form a slab waveguide that supports a plurality of slab waveguide optical modes and that substantially confines in one transverse dimension optical signals propagating in two dimensions in the slab waveguide optical modes. The first and second cladding layers and the second core layer are arranged so as to from a channel waveguide that supports one or more channel waveguide optical modes and that substantially confines in two transverse dimensions optical signals propagating in one dimension in the channel waveguide optical modes. The diffractive elements are arranged so as to couple at least one of the slab waveguide optical modes and at least one of the channel waveguide optical modes so as to enable transfer of an optical signal between the slab and channel waveguide optical modes thus coupled.
Objects and advantages of the present invention may become apparent upon referring to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and disclosed in the following written description and/or claims.
The embodiments shown in the Figures are exemplary, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure and/or appended claims.
In a slab waveguide environment, optical signals are free to propagate in two spatial dimensions while confined in one spatial dimension. Signals propagating within the slab may occupy a near continuum of spatial modes spanning the two propagation directions. Signal wavefronts analogous to those of free space are supported. Local inhomogeneities in refractive index or waveguide morphology that may arise in an uncontrolled fashion during manufacture may have the effect of coupling various signal propagation modes. As a result, signals intended to follow a particular path through a slab waveguide device and exit via a fixed port may be deflected or defocused so as to completely or partially miss the intended exit port thereby impairing to various degrees design device function. The sensitivity of slab waveguide modes to distortion is undesirable. The slab environment differs from the channel waveguide environment as the latter often has only a single mode with fixed spatial properties or a set of discrete modes with quite different spatial properties. In channel waveguides, local variations in refractive index or waveguide morphology are typically less effective in coupling the quite different modes and are thus less degrading to mode-specific device function.
An integrated holographic structure is comprised of diffractive elements, each of which is conceptually related to fringes in a real or computed interference pattern between design input and output beams. In highly reflective devices, diffractive elements may differ from those in interference patterns as their function must account for multiple scattering. Methods are known in the art applicable to fiber Bragg gratings can be applied to calculate patterns of diffractive elements in the limit of high reflectivity. Diffractive elements (or contours) are analogous to lines in a standard surface reflective grating in the sense that such lines correspond to interference fringes that would be produced by the input and output plane wave beams to a standard surface grating—should such beams be computationally or physically interfered. In integrated holographic spectral filtering devices, diffractive elements are functional individually for in-plane signals and collectively for out-of-plane signals to create from an design input signal having a specific design input wavefront a design output signal having a specific design output wavefront. An integrated holographic structure in a slab waveguide can both spectrally filter signals and transform them from one propagational mode (wavefront) to another. Integrated holographic structures may also be called directional photonic bandgap materials or photonic crystals, photonic quasi-crystals or other terms known in the art. Of particular interest in relation to the present invention are integrated holographic structures whose diffractive elements are sufficiently long that light diffracted from them emerges with a relatively well-defined wavefront reflective of the diffractive element geometry.
It is of value to identify devices wherein integrated holographics may be deployed to provide both spectral and spatial signal processing and control while at the same time providing signals a high degree of immunity to uncontrolled variations in local refractive index or waveguide morphology. The present invention provides such devices.
In order to achieve strong coupling between propagating signals and diffractive elements, it is often desirable to utilize a guiding layer comprised of two or more sublayers with one sublayer, the grating layer, having a relatively high refractive index contrast relative to the cladding layers. The other guiding sublayer, the core layer, typically has an index between that of the grating layer and the cladding layers. In silica-based planar waveguide devices, the grating layer index may be three percent above that of the cladding layers while the core layer may be 0.7-0.8 percent above the cladding layers. The diffractive elements may be etched into the grating sublayer and filled with material from cladding or core sublayers. Other values of refractive index contrast may be employed as well. Other material formats such as silicon-based waveguiding arrangements will typically involve both higher absolute indices and higher index contrasts. As will become apparent below, indices may be chosen so as to provide a grating stripe that supports directional guided waves (along the length of the stripe) within the environment of a slab waveguide, which supports a range of guided signal modes confined in only one-dimension. It should be noted that the device function just describe may be achieved with guiding structures having multiple layers not explicitly described here. Such layers may be employed to optimize various device properties without interfering with the stripe guide and slab guide combination. The presence or absence of additional layers does not materially limit the scope of the present invention.
In devices constructed according to the current art, integrated holographic structures span an area large compared to signal modes and appear essentially homogeneous in the direction lateral to the signal propagation direction. As such, signals may couple to a near continuum of modes with concomitant sensitivity to deflection and defocus in the presence of uncontrolled manufacturing variations in refractive index and guide morphology.
In devices constructed according to the teachings of the present invention, the grating layer is formed over a limited spatial extent thereby changing the character of available signal modes in certain directions to discreet rather than continuous. The introduction of mode discretization acts to reduce the effectiveness of manufacturing imperfections in coupling signal fields out of their design modes. The grating layer is, however, still applied over an area large enough so that diffractive elements within it may provide, even on a single-element basis, some control over the wavefront of signals diffracted from it.
Previously it was pointed out that the grating layer could comprise a distinct stripe of material as in
As signals propagate along a grating layer stripe, they may encounter boundaries between regions with diffractive elements and regions without. The presence of diffractive elements may result in a significant change in the average refractive index of the stripe. If such an index change occurs abruptly, loss from the bound mode of interest may occur. To reduce such loss, small structures may be added to the stripe prior to the diffractive element region so that the average index change occurs slowly and bound modes evolve primarily adiabatically. In
In designing devices after the present invention, care should be given to including the Snell's law refraction effects that occur as signals transition through the edges of the grating layer stripe.
A wavelength add/drop filter is shown in
More details describing an exemplary tapered coupling between channel and grating layer stripe mode guiding structures are shown in
It should be noted that the various methods of amplitude and phase control for diffractive elements including but not limited to partial scribing, partial fill, correlated line set, and control of diffractive element placement described in the incorporated references may be employed to control the passbands of integrated holographic filtering structures fabricated within the grating layer stripes described here.
It should also be emphasized that present laterally confined holographic spectral filter invention may be employed in multiple material formats including silicon, silica-on-silicon, polymer, air, and any other layer materials and layer architectures active to guide signals on a stripe while also guiding them in two-dimensions in directions suitably angled relative to the stripe.
Guiding structures as described here comprising a slab waveguide with core layer and stripes of grating guiding material can be employed as integrated polarizers. As shown in
The out-coupled out-of-plane-polarized component 1409 propagates away from the first grating guiding region (still confined in the dimension perpendicular to the Figure by the slab waveguide). Its propagation direction relative to the first grating guiding structure 1405 will be set by the Brewster angle condition applied to the diffractive elements in the first grating-guiding structure 1405. In
In the simplest case, the diffractive elements 1415 of the grating guiding region of the second grating guiding stripe 1411 may be oriented also at Brewster's angle relative to the grating guided in-plane polarization. Angular orientation of the second grating guiding stripe 1411 relative to the first grating guiding stripe 1401 may then be determined by the Brewster condition. It is not necessary that the orientation of the second grating-guiding stripe 1411 and its diffractive elements 1415 be constrained by Brewster's angle considerations as only pure out-of-plane-polarized light impinges on them. It is not necessary that the two grating guiding stripes 1401 and 1411 be parallel.
Graphs 1407 and 1417 illustrate schematically the spatial evolution of the field amplitude of the out-of-plane-polarized optical signal during propagation along grating guiding stripes 1401 and 1411, respectively (roughly exponential growth or decay, assuming relatively weak reflectivity of individual diffractive elements 1405 and 1415). Relatively greater coupling efficiency of signal 1409 into grating guiding stripe 1415 is achieved in the illustrated counter-propagating arrangement. A co-propagating arrangement can also be used, which typically would exhibit relatively lower coupling efficiency of optical signal 1409 into grating guiding stripe 1411.
It is intended that equivalents of the disclosed exemplary embodiments and methods shall fall within the scope of the present disclosure and/or appended claims. It is intended that the disclosed exemplary embodiments and methods, and equivalents thereof, may be modified while remaining within the scope of the present disclosure or appended claims.
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The Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative (GTRI) is a significant, multi-institutional and multi-year project. Along with our main partner, the Galapagos National Park Directorate, we would like to thank all of the Galapagos Conservancy members who support our efforts as well as the Phillips Family Foundation, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Fondation Ensemble, Lawrence Foundation, and all those who provide support for the international scientists who are an integral part of the GTRI.
The giant tortoise was one of the most devastated of all species in the Galapagos Islands. Only the rice rat was hit harder, with the majority of endemic rat species now extinct. Humans first exploited giant tortoises as a food source; a practice that continues today at a low rate. In later years, they were harvested for oil. Some introduced species (primarily rats, pigs, dogs, and the Solenopsis ant) prey on tortoises (particularly eggs and young tortoises); others (goats and donkeys) damage or destroy tortoise habitat.
With the establishment of the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) in 1959, the CDF launched a systematic review of the status of the tortoise populations. Only 11 of the 14 original populations remained, and most of these were endangered if not already on the brink of extinction. The rearing program for giant tortoises began in 1965 with the first transfer of tortoise eggs from Pinzón Island to the new tortoise center on Santa Cruz. This was in response to the status of the Pinzón tortoise population, which consisted of fewer than 200 old adults. All of the hatchlings had apparently been killed by introduced rats for perhaps more than a century. Without help, this population would eventually disappear. The only thing saving it was the longevity of the tortoise. In 1970, the first 20 tortoises were repatriated to Pinzón when they had reached an age and a size (about 4-5 years) at which they were considered "rat proof."
The situation on Española Island was even worse — only 14 tortoises remained (2 males and 12 females). These were all brought into captivity and a tortoise breeding program began. A third Española male was returned to Galapagos in 1976 from the San Diego Zoo. An improvement in nesting areas and incubation and rearing techniques over the years has made this one of the most successful programs of the CDF and its long-term partner, the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD — established in 1968). Since the 1960s, these organizations along with a team of international scientists have made tremendous strides to address the critical state of giant tortoise populations across all of Galapagos.
The GNPD took over management of the tortoise center in the late 1990s. In the 2000s, CDF ended its herpetology program to focus on other high priority issues facing Galapagos biodiversity. Galapagos Conservancy later joined with the GNPD to ensure that the next 50 years of tortoise conservation will be as successful as the first 50 years. Successes of the tortoise breeding and eradication programs include the repatriation of more than 800 tortoises to Pinzón and nearly 2,000 tortoises to Española; the removal of feral goats — a major threat to tortoise populations — from Pinta Island (5,940 ha), Santiago Island (58,465 ha), and the northern portion of Isabela Island (approximately 250,000 ha); and the release of 39 sterilized tortoises on Pinta Island to serve as "environmental engineers" nearly 40 years after Lonesome George was taken from Pinta to the Santa Cruz Tortoise Center.
Long-term Program Goals:
- Restoring tortoise populations to historical numbers, including those considered "extinct in the wild," through a combination of in situ management, breeding and rearing tortoises where appropriate, and repopulation of Santa Fe Island, where the endemic tortoise species is extinct, through the use of an analog (closely-related) species.
- Evaluate habitat conditions and restore where necessary.
- Survey the lesser known tortoise populations to inform future management.
- Continue using advances in genetics to refine tortoise conservation.
- Continue to improve and expand the GNPD's tortoise centers to ensure healthy animals and constant support of conservation activities.
Advances Since the GTRI's Launch:
- Release of 206 juvenile Española tortoises (the species genetically closest to the Santa Fe tortoise) onto Santa Fe in 2015, and another 190 tortoises in 2017, to initiate the repopulation of that island.
- Identification of a new species of tortoise — the Eastern Santa Cruz Tortoise — bringing the total of known Galapagos tortoise species to 15.
- Ongoing monitoring of the giant tortoise-cactus-woody vegetation complex on Española Island to inform future habitat restoration work.
- Collection of 32 tortoises from Wolf Volcano, along with blood samples from an additional 148 tortoises; genetic analyses are underway to determine the best breeding pairs or groups to initiate breeding programs for both Pinta and Floreana Islands.
- First-ever comprehensive census of the tortoise population (Chelonoidis chathamensis) on San Cristóbal Island.
Latest Updates:
- News | 190 Tortoises Released on Santa Fe Island | April 17, 2017 (ver en español)
- Video | 2016 San Cristóbal Tortoise Census | December 2016 (ver en español)
- Blog entry | Dr. James Gibbs, Return to Santa Fe Island | July 26, 2016
- Blog entry | Wacho Tapia, A Return to Española Island to Understand its Ecosystem Dynamics | July 21, 2016
- Blog series | Various authors, Results of the 2015 Expedition to Wolf Volcano | December 2015 – January 2016
- Video | The Return of Tortoises to Santa Fe Island | July 27, 2015
- Blog entry | Wacho Tapia, Ecological Restoration of Santa Fe Island: A Dream Come True | July 15, 2015
- Blog entry | Wacho Tapia, Expedition to Wolf Volcano to Search for Tortoises | January 12, 2015
- Blog entry | Dr. James Gibbs, Preparing for the Pinta Island Population Survey Part One and Part Two | December 2014
- Study | Dr. James Gibbs with co-authors Dr. Linda Cayot and Wacho Tapia, Demographic Outcomes and Ecosystem Implications of Giant Tortoise Reintroduction to Española Island, Galapagos | PLOS ONE, October 28, 2014
- Blog entry | GTRI Director Wacho Tapia, Initial Steps for the Ecological Restoration of Santa Fe Island | September 11, 2014
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I'm making a 12" round cake, do I need to use a heating core? I have one that I purchased for a full sheet cake pan but didn't even need to use it. I thought it was more trouble than needed to be. Would rather not have to worry about the "plug". I don't have time to experiment or redo the cake. Also, do you notice a difference between baking with butter vs stick margarine (blue bonnet)? Probably a loaded question!!
If you have a heating core,USE IT.
Ok, fine! You're the expert! lol
I don't use heating cores. Like you said, more trouble than they are worth. But anything over 10" I turn a flower nail upside down, place it in the middle and spray with cooking spray. Works everytime with no plug to fill. Also, I use both margarine and butter. If I am not worried about the high water content in a recipe, I use margarine. If the added water makes a difference, like in the meringe icing, I use butter. Does taste better but I just add butter flavoring to my cakes mixes instead for the added taste.
I would use it, especially if you don't have time to redo it. Anything 10" or bigger I always use it. As far as butter, I usually use all shortening instead of the 50% butter. But when I do use butter, it's always the stick kind, and usually walmart or sam's club brand.
jomar, I have a heating core but don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary. I dislike the plugs myself. In place of them I generally just spray the Wilton's nail nail with non-stick flour spray and place it in the pan upside down. The bigger the cake the more nails I use. I'd use one or maybe two in a 12". Lol, I just realized that I have to be looking at the pan to figure that one out, but one should do the trick.
Oops, sorry Malakin. I walked away from the PC before completing my post. Didn't realize you had already covered the nail thing.
Thanks everyone for your posts. I'm getting ready to start my cake, and will give the nail a try. Thanks for your help!
I know you've already heard this, but I used a heating core one time and did not like it. I use flower nails and would probably use 1 in a 12" pan. I don't use any in a 10" round and use 3 in a 16" round/square.
I don't use margarine so can't help with that question.
I have never ever ever used a heating core... I had never even HEARD of one (or using the flower nail that way) before coming to CC. I've baked 16" cakes with no problem without a core.
I never use margarine in my baking... nothing tastes as good as REAL butter, to me. You also just don't get the same texture from things, in my opinion.
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Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been used in China and some other countries for the treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). However, controlled studies supporting the efficacy of such treatments in patients with FD are lacking. In this trial, we aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of modified LiuJunZi decoction in patients with FD of spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome.
We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with patients from five centers. Patients with FD of spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome (n=160) were randomly assigned to groups given CHM modified LiuJunZi decoction or placebo in a 2:1 ratio. Herbal or placebo granules were dissolved in 300 ml of boiled water cooled to 70°C. Patients in both groups were administered 150 ml (50°C) twice daily. The trial included a 4-week treatment period and a 4-week follow-up period. The primary outcomes were dyspepsia symptom scores, measured by the total dyspepsia symptom scale and the single dyspepsia symptom scale at weeks 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8. The secondary outcome was the change of radiopaque barium markers emptied from the stomach between week 0 and week 4 of treatment.
Compared with patients in the placebo group, patients in the CHM group showed significant improvements according to the scores of total dyspepsia symptoms and single dyspepsia symptoms obtained from patients (P<0.01) and investigators (P<0.01). They also showed an improvement in the number of radiopaque barium markers emptied from the stomach (P<0.05).
CHM modified LiuJunZi decoction appears to offer symptomatic improvement in patients with FD of spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome.
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR): http://ChiCTR-TRC-10001074
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic or recurrent upper abdominal fullness, epigastric pain, belching, bloating, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, regurgitation, burning, loss of appetite, and other symptoms. FD accounts for a significant proportion of patients seen in gastroenterology offices. The global prevalence of FD is estimated between 11.5% and 29.2% [1-4]. The direct and indirect economic burden caused by FD is huge and has considerable negative impact on productivity [5,6]. The pathophysiology of FD is poorly understood, although various mechanisms are thought to play a role in the development of symptoms [7-10]. No single available treatment is reliably effective for this condition. Many studies have suggested the potential effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the treatment of FD [11], but most of the previous clinical trials have lacked rigor and used poor techniques for randomization and blinding. To date, no strong scientific evidence supporting the use of CHM in FD is available.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), FD is considered nearly equivalent to the TCM term "stuffiness and fullness" [12], which is divided into different syndromes according to the clinical symptoms and signs. In our previous research, we studied the distribution of the different syndromes in 565 cases of FD and found that "spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation" is the most common syndrome in FD patients [13]. The Chinese consensus on diagnosis and treatment of functional dyspepsia also defines spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation as a prominent syndrome in FD [14]. LiuJunZi decoction is a traditional Chinese compound herbal recipe for invigorating the spleen and regulating qi. We added the related herbal medicines Cortex Mangnoliae officinalis, Common Vladimiria Root, Rhizoma Corydalis, and Villous amomrum fruit to the recipe, and found a modified LiuJunZi decoction with a satisfactory clinical effect. Previous studies had shown that the active ingredients in the modified LiuJunZi decoction can improve gastrointestinal motility, regulate gastrointestinal function and have anti-Helicobacter pylori and anti-inflammatory action [15-21].
In this trial, we aimed to test the efficacy of the modified LiuJunzi decoction in patients with FD and spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation syndrome using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study design.
This study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Patients were randomized into CHM or placebo groups in a 2:1 ratio. Because it would be unethical to assign an equal number of ill subjects to the ineffective placebo treatment, the 2:1 randomization plan was chosen to protect the rights of the subjects. The trial protocol was approved by regional ethics review boards, including the National Review Board for Clinical Drug Research in the Beijing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University and the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. There were no major changes in the study protocol after initiation of the study.
Patients were screened by investigators at five sites in China: the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University, the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Beijing Xuanwu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The study was conducted between April 2009 and February 2011. Patients were assessed according to the Rome III criteria and the Guiding principle for clinical research on new drugs of traditional Chinese medicine [12]. The inclusion and exclusion criteria are shown in Table 1. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to inclusion in the trial. Patients were free to withdraw from the study at any time.
Randomization was performed with SAS9.10. Eligible patients were assigned a randomization number according to a predetermined list at each center. These numbers were allocated to patients in sequential order and registered in the patient enrolment list and the allocation was concealed. Emergency envelopes containing the randomization code were provided to the investigators and were examined at the end of the trial to ensure that the blinded conditions had been maintained.
Patients in CHM group were provided granules of Chinese herbal extracts, which were prepared by Tcmages Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China). The standard herb formula (Table 2) was a modified LiuJunZi decoction. Patients in the placebo group were given placebo granules, which were prepared by the same supplier and were designed to taste, smell and look similar to the Chinese herbal formula granules. Granules were dissolved in 300 ml boiled water cooled to 70°C. Patients in both groups were required to take 150 ml (50°C) twice daily. For the duration of the trial, the patients were not allowed to take any concomitant medications associated with the treatment of FD. Treatment continued for 4 weeks and was followed by a 4-week follow-up period.
We assessed FD symptoms using two scales: 1) the total dyspepsia symptoms scale and 2) the single dyspepsia symptom scale. Ratings were completed by both the investigators and patients at baseline and at weeks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8.
The TDS scale consisted of the assessment of eight items (postprandial fullness and bloating, early satiety, epigastric pain, epigastric burning, nausea, vomiting, belching and "other symptoms"), each with four options (absent=0, mild=1, moderate=2, or severe=3).
The SDS scale measured three aspects of four principal symptoms of FD. The symptoms were epigastric pain, epigastric burning, postprandial fullness and bloating, and early satiety. The three aspects were the frequency, intensity and level of discomfort, and were rated by four options (absent=0, mild=1, moderate=2, or severe=3). The total score obtained using this scale was called the single dyspepsia symptom (SDS) score.
Patients ate the standard meal and 20 barium markers after fasting for 6–8 hours. The standard meal consisted of a bag of instant noodles (97 g) and pork intestines (45 g). Abdominal radiographs were taken at 5 hours after eating, and the number of residual markers in the stomach was counted. The number of radiopaque barium markers emptied from the stomach was used as a measure of gastric emptying.
To assess the safety of the 4-week treatment, routine tests of blood, urine and stool samples, as well as electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood biochemical tests (ALT, AST, BUN, Scr), were conducted before randomization and immediately after the completed treatment. During the trial, adverse events were observed in detail and documented using case report forms (CRFs).
We performed sample size calculations in two ways. To guarantee the reliability of the trial, the calculation yielding the larger sample size was used. The sample size was calculated according to the following formula [22]:
The patients were assigned to either the CHM group or the placebo group (in a 2:1 ratio). The effective rates of treatment and placebo were assumed to be 75% and 50%, respectively [23,24]. The calculation indicated that a sample size of 138 would be sufficient (n=92 in the treatment group, n=46 in control group). To allow for a 15% rate of dropouts and missing data, we recruited 106 patients for the treatment group and 54 patients for the control group.
We used intention to treat (ITT) analyses, using all available data at each time point and the baseline observation carried forward (BOCF) approach for missing data. The statistical analysis was performed by the Center of Clinical Epidemiology of the Third Hospital of Peking University. Parametric Student's t-tests or non-parametric Wilcoxon tests were used to quantitatively compare variables, according to distribution characteristics. Quantitative variables are reported as mean±SD. Statistical significance was considered at P<0.05.
Between April 2009 and February 2011, a total of 160 patients were recruited: 106 were randomized into the CHM group and 54 into the placebo group. Seven patients withdrew from the trial due to a lack of efficacy. No adverse events were reported. The physiological tests obtained after 4 weeks of treatment showed no abnormal values.
The flow of participants in the study is summarized in Figure 1.
The general characteristics of the patients are shown in Table 3. No significant differences were identified between the two groups in parameters such as gender, age, course of disease or symptom scores before treatment.
After 4 weeks of treatment, the TDS score assessed by investigators was significantly better for the CHM group than for placebo (Z=−4.629, P<0.01). At week 8, the score was also significantly better for CHM than for placebo (Z=−3.676, P<0.01). The TDS scores provided by the patients themselves were similar to those given by the investigators (Table 4, Figures 2 and and33).
The results were clinically meaningful. Ratings of the clinical global impression of improvement after the treatment showed the following significant results for the treatment group vs. placebo group: very much improved (50.9% vs. 18.5%), much improved (22.6% vs. 29.6%), small improvement (18.9% vs. 14.8%), and unchanged or deterioration (7.5% vs. 37.0%) (χ2=26.559; P<0.001).
SDS scores assessed by investigators: After 4 weeks of treatment, the scores of postprandial fullness and bloating, early satiety, and burning sensation were significantly better for the CHM group than for placebo (P<0.01 or P<0.05). The score of epigastric pain was not different between the two groups (P>0.05). At week 8, the scores of epigastric pain, postprandial fullness, and early satiety were significantly better for CHM than for placebo (P<0.01). The score of burning sensation was not different between the two groups (P>0.05) (Table 4).
The SDS scores provided by patients were similar to those given by investigators. At week 4, the gastroenterologists' scores of postprandial fullness and bloating were lower than the patients' scores, whereas the gastroenterologists gave higher scores for epigastric pain and early satiety than the patients did. At week 8, the scores for early satiety given by the gastroenterologists were higher than those given by patients.
After CHM treatment, the number of radiopaque barium markers emptied from the stomach from week 0 to 4 was significantly higher in the CHM group (5.16±7.53) compared with the placebo group (1.50±3.21) (P=0.036).
Functional dyspepsia is a heterogeneous disorder. It involves many pathogenic factors and different pathophysiological disturbances, including delayed gastric emptying, impaired accommodation, and hypersensitivity to gastric distention. Treatment of the underlying pathophysiological abnormality seems logical, but the main pharmacotherapeutic options include acid suppression, prokinetic drugs, and antidepressants [6,25-27], all of which have limited effects. Herbal formulations are widely used to treat FD in China and many other areas in the world. However, the available evidence of the efficacy of these formulas is inadequate.
This multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study indicates that modified LiuJunZi decoction is effective in the management of symptoms associated with FD and gastric emptying. The effects appeared to last for up to 4 weeks after completion of treatment, and were particularly beneficial for postprandial fullness and bloating and early satiety. Patients receiving modified LiuJunZi decoction treatment demonstrated significantly better outcomes (both clinically and statistically) on all the outcome measures compared with patients receiving placebo. Moreover, no adverse events were reported during the study.
The evaluation of treatment effects in FD is difficult and there is currently no gold standard. In our study, we used two different parameters as the main target variables. The TDS scale included almost all symptoms associated with FD, and the SDS scale included information on the four principal symptoms of FD, measured in terms of the frequency, intensity and level of discomfort. The main target variables were recorded by both investigators and patients. We also assessed gastric emptying with radiopaque barium markers as a more objective outcome. Another difficulty in clinical trials with patients with FD is the remarkable placebo response. It has been shown that one third of patients with FD will respond to placebo in short-term trials [28], and the proportion may be even higher in long-term studies. In our study, we made a great effort to make the treatments in the two groups indistinguishable for the patients. A placebo of similar appearance, smell and taste to the active concoction was used. To ensure that the patients were not able to discriminate between placebo and active treatment, 20 healthy volunteers participated in a randomized taste and visual assessment of the placebo and active medication. Eight volunteers correctly identified the active compound as active, whereas twelve volunteers considered the placebo preparation to be the active compound. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the medication was given in an appropriately blinded manner. Despite the well-known high response rate to placebo in FD, we found significantly greater improvements in dyspepsia symptoms and gastric emptying in patients receiving the CHM compared with placebo-treated patients.
In TCM, injury by food or drink, emotional injury, and congenital defects are main pathogenic factors of FD. All these pathogenic factors cause abnormal function of the upper abdomen, spleen and stomach. Spleen-deficiency and qi-stagnation exist throughout the course of the disease. The herbal formula provided to patients in this study was a modified LiuJunZi decoction. All the herbs matched well, and could replenish the deficiencies, and harmonize and regulate the qi. Because the function of the spleen and stomach recovered, all the dyspepsia symptoms were abated and the gastric emptying improved. This is accordance with previous studies [15-21] which showed physiological effects of LiuJunZi decoction and some other herbal medicines in the modified LiuJunZi decoction. In Japan, LiuJunZi decoction is used for functional dyspepsia and has been found to improve the symptoms in patients, regulation of gastrointestinal function and hormone secretion [29,30]. However, herbal preparations are complex and contain a number of active ingredients that may work together. The multiple effects of different active ingredients may be of benefit for the variety of different symptoms that occur in functional gastrointestinal disorders. However, more studies are needed to explore the mechanisms of action and properties of the identified components. FD is a common, chronic and recurrent functional gastrointestinal disorder. This study used a short treatment period and follow-up and a relatively small number of patients, so there is ample room to enhance the evaluation of efficacy and safety by further studies.
We conclude that modified LiuJunZi decoction may offer symptomatic improvements in patients with FD. In this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, modified LiuJunZi decoction was shown to be effective in the management of FD. Further studies are needed to determine the precise mechanisms of action.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
ZSS, WHB, ZLQ, LT and ZT contributed to the conception and design of the study. ZSS and ZLQ drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to further writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved of the final manuscript.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:
We are grateful to the National Eleventh Five-Year Plan to Support the National Science and Technology of China: No.2007BAI20B092, which funded this study. We also thank the physicians in the five hospitals for their work in this study and the patients in our study for their participation.
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