Analysis of Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Clinical Pathway on Patients with Breast Cancer and Colorectal Cancer / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To investigate drug-induced liver injury(DILI) in clinical pathway on patients with breast cancer and colorectal cancer and to explore whether the prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs can be included in the clinical pathway. METHODS: Two hundred and five cases from January 2015 to March 2017 were selected. The patients were divided into two groups according to the prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drug. The incidence, time, severity and outcome of DILI, prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs were investigated. DILI related risk factors were screened and analyzed by logistic linear regression to discuss the necessity and opportunity of prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs. RESULTS: Forty-three(20.98%) patients without DILI had prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs in 205 cases. The incidence of DILI in the non-prophylactic group was 4.88%. Both two groups hadn't occurred DILI during the first and second cycles of chemotherapy. However, there was a statistically significant difference in the rate of DILI between the prophylactic and non-prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs groups in the third cycles of chemotherapy(P<0.05). Multifactor analysis showed that prophylactic use of hepatoprotective drugs was a protective factor for the DILI. CONCLUSION: The liver function should be reinforced during the first and second cycles of chemotherapy. The hepatoprotective drugs could be used prophylactically before the next period of chemotherapy if patient with abnormal liver function.