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ArticleMedicine2020

Clinical efficacy and safety of 6-thioguanine in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Liang Chen, Huai-Xiu Yan, Xiao-Wei Liu, Wen-Xin Chen

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.

Liang ChenDepartment of Hematology, Inner Mongolia Baogang Hospital (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University), No. 20 Shaoxian Road, Kundulun District, Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 014010, China.
Huai-Xiu Yan
Xiao-Wei Liu
Wen-Xin Chen
Weatherford College · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo systematic review the efficacy and safety of 6-thioguanine (6-TG) in the substitute of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) in the treatment for patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the maintenance phase, and to explore its clinical application value. It provides theoretical guidance for the maintenance treatment of ALL in children from the perspective of evidence-based medicine.

methodsBy means of computer retrieval, Chinese databases were searched: Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), China national knowledge internet (CNKI), Chongqing Weipu Database (VIP), and Wanfang Database; Foreign databases: PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science were applied to find out randomized controlled trial (RCT) for 6-TG in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. By manual retrieval, documents without electronic edition and related conference papers were retrieved. The retrieval time ranges from the beginning of the establishment of the databases to September 1st, 2019. According to the inclusion, and exclusion criteria by 3 researchers, the literature screening, data extraction, and research methodological quality evaluation were completed. RevMan 5.3 software was applied to evaluate the quality of the included literature, and Stata 12.0 software was used to conduct meta-analysis of the outcome indicators of the included literature.

resultsThis study systematically evaluated the efficacy and safety of 6-TG in the substitute of 6-MP as a maintenance drug for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Through the key outcome indicators, this study is expected to draw a scientific, practical conclusion for 6-TG in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This conclusion will provide evidence-based medical direction for clinical treatment.

conclusionThe efficacy and safety of 6-TG in the substitute of 6-MP in the maintenance treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia will be confirmed through this study. The conclusions will be published in relevant academic journals. REGISTRATION: PROSPERO (registration number is CRD42020150466).

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AdolescentAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticChildChild, PreschoolDrug SubstitutionHumansInfantMercaptopurineMeta-Analysis as TopicNeoplasm MetastasisPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRecurrenceResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicThioguanineAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticMercaptopurineThioguanine

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