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Trial reportMedicine2020

Erythropoietin combined with traditional Chinese medicine for chemotherapy-induced anemias: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.

Long-Feng Wang, Shu-Zheng Song, Jin Huang, Chuan-Hui Dou

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Trial report in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Long-Feng WangDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Third People's Hospital of Lanzhou.
Shu-Zheng SongDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The 940 Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Jin HuangDepartment of The Second Pediatric Orthopedics, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Chuan-Hui DouDepartment of Hematology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China.
Chinese People's Liberation Army · CNGansu Provincial Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs far as we know, several systematic review and meta-analysis have assessed the safety and efficacy of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in the patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA). But no study assesses the safety and efficacy of ESAs combined with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The aim of our study is to assess the efficacy and safety of ESAs combination with TCM for patients with CIA and will provide a higher level of evidence for clinical applications.

methodsThis protocol adheres to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis protocol statement. The source of literature will be a structured search of the following 7 electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and Wanfang Database. Records will be independently evaluated by 2 reviewers. Disagreements will be resolved through consensus or third-party adjudication. Review Manager 5.3 software (Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen Denmark) will be used to perform meta-analysis. For dichotomous variables, odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals will be obtained by the Mantel-Haenszel method. For continuous data, mean difference with 95% confidence intervals will be used. P < 0.05 will be considered to be statistically significant.

resultsThis study will be performed to test the efficacy and safety of ESAs combined with TCM for CIA in patients with cancer.

conclusionsThe result of this study will be promoted mainly in 2 ways: publish in peer-reviewed journals in the fastest way; and promotion in domestic and foreign conferences. INPLASY REGISTRATION NUMBER: INPLASY202080041.

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Meta-Analysis as TopicAnemiaDrug TherapyErythropoietinHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalSystematic Reviews as TopicErythropoietin

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PMID33126317
PMCPMC7598860
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