HAN Rong-long, ZHOU Jia-ming, HU Ling-jing. Clinical Effect of Aikangning Mixture to Patients with Maintenance Therapy After Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(19): 201-206.
DOI:
HAN Rong-long, ZHOU Jia-ming, HU Ling-jing. Clinical Effect of Aikangning Mixture to Patients with Maintenance Therapy After Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2018, 24(19): 201-206. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20181937.
Clinical Effect of Aikangning Mixture to Patients with Maintenance Therapy After Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Objective: To observe the effect of maintenance therapy of Aikangning mixture on progression free survival (FFS)
quality of life and immunity of patients after chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Method: One hundred and fifteen NSCLC patients at a stable period after chemotherapy were randomly divided into control group (58 cases) and observation group (57 cases) by random number table. Patients in control group got Shenyi capsules
2 grains/time
2 times/days. Patients in observation group got Aikangning mixture
30 mL/time
3 times/days. The course of follow-up was once every 1-2 weeks
and the treatment was continued to the tumor progression. Cycle of maintaining the treatment was recorded. CT detection every 4 weeks to evaluate the size of tumor
and PFS (time from patients joining to the team to death or progression of disease) was recorded in both groups; karnofsky performance scale (KPS) was scored every 4 weeks. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes were graded for every 4 weeks. Levels of T lymphocyte subgroup (CD3+
CD4+
CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+)
natural killer cells (NK)
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
sugar antigen 125 (CA125)
and cytokeratin19 fragment21-1 (CYFRA21-1) were detected before and after treatment. Result: The average maintenance therapy in observation group was (20.23±5.94) weeks
longer than (15.75±4.81) weeks in control group (P<0.01). PFS was (25.37±7.43) weeks in control group
shorter than (37.41±9.15) weeks in observation group. The median PFS in observation group was 12 weeks later than control group. At 12th and 16th weeks
the effects for solid tumor and KPS in observation group were superior to those in control group (P<0.05
P<0.01). Except for scores of nerve fatigue
weakness and shortness of breath
the other scores of observation group were all lower than those in control group (P<0.01). After treatment
the levels of CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ in observation group were higher than those in control group
and CD8+ was lower than that in control group (P<0.05). Levels of VEGF
CEA
CA125 and CYFRA21-1 in serum were increased in both groups (P<0.01)
but levels of VEGF
CEA
CA125 and CYFRA21-1 in observation group were lower than those in control group after treatment (P<0.01). Conclusion: Aikangning mixture for patients with non-small cell lung cancer after chemotherapy can extend progression free survival
stabilize the illness
relieve clinical symptoms and improve patients' quality of life and immune function of body