Clinical Observation of Oxaliplatin Combined with Thymosin in the Treatment of Lung Cancer with Malig-nant Pleural Effusion / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To observe the efficacy and safety of oxaliplatin combined with thymosin in the treatment of lung can-cer with malignant pleural effusion. METHODS:120 lung cancer patients with malignant pleural effusion were randomly divided in-to control group(60 cases)and observation group(60 cases). All patients received chest microtubules drainage,then thoracic cavi-ty drug infusion after clean effusion drainage verified by B ultrasound,10 mg Loratadine tablet was orally given before going to bed 1 d before drug infusion,for 1 week;25 mg Promethazine hydrochloride injection was intramuscularly injected 30 min before drug infusion for allergy prevention,20 mg metoclopramide for gastrointestinal reaction prevention,10 mg dexamethasone and 10 ml 2% lidocaine,adding into 10 ml 0.9%Sodium chloride solution,injected to thoracic cavity by drainage tube to prevent and re-lief chest pain,fever,and other pleural reaction symptoms. Based on it,control group was injected 100 mg/m2 Oxaliplatin for injec-tion to thoracic cavity by drainage tube. Observation group was additionally given 300 mg Thymosin injection,to thoracic cavity by drainage tube. Pleural effusion was drained after 2 d. Once every week in 2 groups,4-week was regarded as 1 coure,and it lasted 2 courses. Clinical efficacy,clinical benefit rate,and serum T lymphocyte subsets(CD3+,CD4+,CD8+),inflammatory cytokines lev-els [interleukin(IL)-6,tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α)] before and after treatment in 2 groups were observed,survival status and the incidence of toxicity reactions were followed-up. RESULTS:The objective response rate,disease control rate,clinical benefit rate,survival rate in observation group were significantly higher than control group,the incidence of toxicity reactions was signifi-cantly lower than control group,the differences were statistically significant(P0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Oxaliplatin combined with thymosin can improve efficacy in the treatment of lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion,prolong survival period,improve survival quality and reduce the incidence of toxicity reactions.