Efficacy of Shenqifuzheng Injection combined with chemotherapy in treating advanced lung cancer patients / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the therapeutic effects, adverse reaction and quality of life when advanced lung cancer patients were treated with chemotherapy alone (control group) or combined with Shenqifuzheng Injection (a traditional Chinese Medicine injection, treated group). Methods In the treated group, beside NP scheme chemotherapy, a 250 ml of Shenqifuzheng Injection was given intravenously per day for 6 successive weeks, while to the control group, only chemotherapy was given. Results The effective rate in the treated group and the control group was 46.7% and 36.7% respectively after 2 cycles chemotherapy, with no significance was found. But the rate of progression, adverse reaction in blood were all lower in the treated group than in the control group(P