Meta Analysis of Lentinan Injection plus Cisplatin in Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusion / 中草药·英文版

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lentinan injection plus cisplatin (LIC) in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion (MPE).Methods We searched the database of Cochrane Library,PubMed,EMBASE,ISI Web of Knowledge,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,Chinese Scientific Journals Full-text Database,Chinese Journal Full-text,and Google Scholar,etc.,up to February 28th,2011 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about lentinan injection (LI) for MPE,evaluate the quality of the included studies,and analyze the data by Cochrane Collaboration's RevMan5.0 software.Results Twenty-nine RCTs involving 1831 patients were included.Meta analysis results suggested that there were some differences when comparing LIC with control groups suffering from MPE,for LIC could improve the near-term curative effect and the quality of life to some extent.Besides,compared with chemotherapy alone,LI plus chemotherapy had an advantage in relieving adverse reactions,such as gastrointestinal reactions,myelosuppression,chest pain,and general malaise.Conclusion The current evidence indicates that LI may have adjuvant therapeutic effects for MPE.