Traditional Chinese Medicine Injections in The Treatment of Cancer-Related Fatigue:A Network Meta-Analysis / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

Objective Network Meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the differences in the efficacy of different traditional Chinese medicine injections(TCMI)in patients with cancer-related fatigue.Methods The database was systematically searched and included in Cochrane Library,PubMed,Web of Science,CNKI,Wan Fang,China Biomedical Literature Database and Database of Chinese sci-tech periodicals until September,2022.These relevant randomized controlled trial literatures were evaluated the methodological quality by using of Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool.Results 18 articles involving 1404 patients and 6 traditional Chinese medicine injections(TCMI)were included.The results showed that Kangai injection[MD=-2.30,95％CI(-3.09,-1.52)]and Aidi injection[MD=-1.31,95％CI(-1.99,-0.62)]combined with chemotherapy were better than chemotherapy alone in improving CRF in cancer patients during chemotherapy,among which Kangai injection is more effective[MD=-1.05,95％CI(-1.89,-0.21)];Shenmai injection[MD=-1.24,95％CI(-1.91,-0.57)],Kangai injection[MD=-1.02,95％CI(-1.65,-0.39)],and Shenqifuzheng injection[MD=-0.54,95％CI(-0.90,-0.19)]were superior to palliative care alone in improving CRF in palliative care of cancer patients,among which Shenmai injection[MD=-1.26,95％CI(-2.15,-0.37)]is more effective.Conclusions The results demonstrated that TCMI can improve the degree of cancer-related fatigue in tumor patients at different stages.When combined with chemotherapy,Kangai injection was superior to other TCMI,while when combined with palliative treatment,Shenmai injection was superior to other TCMI.