Efficacy of tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside and captopril in the treatment of children with kidney-type purpura nephritis

Objective To observed the efficacy of tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside and captopril in the treatment of children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis kidney disease model. Methods One hundred and one children diagnosed with kidney-type purpura nephritis from May 1996 to June 2009 in our hospital, were respectively, randomly divided into treatment group (58 cases,oral tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside and captopril) and the control group (43 patients, single-dose oral prednisone), observation of therapeutic effects of drugs in the two groups of children with edema, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria efficacy, using SPSS10.0 software for statistical analysis. Results Fifty-one patients were cured (88%), effective in 7 patients (12%) in the treatment group, the control group cured 26 cases (61%), effective in 17 cases (39%), there was significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01). Pairs of edema, hematuria, hypertension were significantly different between the two groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the efficacy of proteinuria was also significantly different (P<0.01). Conclusions Tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside and captopril treatment of children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis kidney disease model is superior to single-dose prednisone, it is worth clinical application. Key words: Tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside ;  Captopril ;  Prednisone ;  Kidney-type purpura nephritis ;