Efficacy and safety of Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets combined with Western medicine for patients with rheumatic immune diseases

Table 1 Basic features of studies included in the study

Ref.	Release year	Observation group	Control group	Time of therapy
Wang et al[15]	2015	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (270 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	24 wk
Zhang et al[16]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk) + leflunomide (20 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk) + leflunomide (20 mg/wk)	12 wk
Long et al[17]	2019	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Zhang et al[18]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Fang et al[19]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Zhang et al[20]	2019	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk) + salazopyridine (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk) + salazopyridine (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Xie et al[21]	2019	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Wang et al[22]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Wang et al[23]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Li et al[24]	2018	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + MTX (10 mg/wk)	MTX (10 mg/wk)	12 wk
Hou et al[25]	2021	Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets (360 mg/d) + Prednisone (0.5 mg/kg/d)	Prednesone (0.5 mg/kg/d)	24 wk

MTX: Methotrexate.