Abstract:
Objective This study aims to observe the impacts of Jinlong capsule on the clinical benefit response rate, immune function, and incidence of adverse reactions for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with chemotherapy.
Methods A total of 56 cases suffering from stage ⅢB or Ⅳ NSCLC who were confirmed by pathology were randomly divided into 2 groups, including 28 cases of pure chemotherapy group (comparison group) and 28 cases treated with chemotherapy combined with Jinlong capsule (treatment group). After the patients completed at least three cycles of chemotherapy, the clinical benefit response rate, immune function, and incidence of adverse reactions were observed
Results The weight ≥7% of the treatment group were 15 cases (53.5%), whereas that of the comparison group were 13 cases (46, 4%); no significant difference was observed between the two groups (P>0.05). A significant difference between the two groups was observed with the increase in Karnofskyp score ≥20 (P < 0.05). The rate of the treatment group was 57.1% (16 cases), whereas that of the comparison group was 35.7% (10 cases). The rate of the opioids dosage reduction ≥50% in the treatment group was 46.4% (13cases), whereas that in the comparison group was 25% (7 cases); significant difference was observed between the two groups (P < 0.05).
Conclusions The clinical benefit response rate of chemotherapy combined with Jinlong capsule for advanced NSCLC patients was higher than that with chemotherapy alone. In addition this combination treatment can improve chemotherapy tolerance of patients; the medicine compliance also has higher safety. Therefore, this combination treatment is worthy to popularize in clinical applications.