Trial reportWorld journal of gastroenterology2005
Effect of Fuzheng Yiliu decoction combined with chemotherapy on patients with intermediate and late stage gastrointestinal cancer.
Trial report in World journal of gastroenterology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Benefit-risk evaluation of Fuzheng Yiliu Decoction combined with chemotherapy for treating non-small cell lung cancer using multicriteria decision analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- The role of plant-derived natural substances as immunomodulatory agents in carcinogenesis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2020Review
- Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine to Prevent and Reverse Resistance of Cancer Cells to Anticancer Drugs.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2020Article
- Using Traditional Chinese Medicine to Treat Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Targeting Tumor Immunity.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Review
- Therapeutic Risk and Benefits of Concomitantly Using Herbal Medicines and Conventional Medicines: From the Perspectives of Evidence Based on Randomized Controlled Trials and Clinical Risk Management.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Review
- Chinese herbal medicine for myelosuppression induced by chemotherapy or radiotherapy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
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Abstract
aimTo investigate the therapeutic effects of Fuzheng Yiliu (strengthening the body resistance to inhibit tumor) decoction combined with chemotherapy on the patients with intermediate and late stage gastrointestinal cancer.
methodsSixty patients were randomly divided into treatment group (chemotherapy combined with Fuzheng Yiliu decoction) and control group (chemotherapy alone). Four indexes, including the tumor recent remission rate (RR), the change of main symptoms, the toxic and side effects caused by chemotherapy and the change of performance status, were observed in the patients. Peripheral blood contents of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+ cells, CD4+/CD8+ and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) were tested before and after treatment and the values were compared with those of healthy peoples.
resultsThe improving rate of main symptoms (69.6%) and performance status (56.7%) were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group (34.8%, 26.7%, P<0.05). The occurrence rates of grade II toxic and side-effects on both bone marrow (13.3%) and digestive tract (30%) were lower in the treatment group compared to the control group (36.7%, 63.3%, P<0.05). Before treatment, the proportion of CD3+, CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ decreased and the proportion of CD8+ and sIL-2R raised markedly both in the control group and treatment group as compared to the healthy people. After treatment, that increased of CD3+, CD4+, CD4+/CD8+ increased (62.25+/-10.01% vs 68.31+/-9.72%, 36.83+/-10.44% vs 42.6+/-9.62%, 1.24+/-0.65 vs 1.66+/-0.85, P<0.05) and the values of CD8+ and sIL-2R decreased obviously (33.06+/-7.69% vs 29.24+/-6.25%, 588.23+/-216.86 U/mL vs 475.87+/-211.36 U/mL, P<0.05) in the treatment group, whereas these values were opposite in the control group (64.22+/-6.91% vs 60.63+/-5.75%, 35.62+/-7.49% vs 31.53+/-5.53%, 32.95+/-8.28% vs 37.14+/-7.48%, 1.17+/-0.43 vs 0.94+/-0.43, 573.63+/-214.32 U/mL vs 692.17+/-221.33 U/mL, P<0.05).
conclusionFuzheng Yiliu decoction can enhance therapeutic effects of chemotherapy on malignant gastrointestinal tumor, and also reduce the toxic and side effects on bone marrow and digestive tract, thereby improving the quality of life and cellular immunity in patients with malignant gastrointestinal tumor.
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