替吉奥联合奥沙利铂对比替吉奥联合顺铂治疗晚期胃癌的Meta分析

目的评价替吉奥联合奥沙利铂（SOX方案）对比替吉奥联合顺铂（SP方案）治疗晚期胃癌（AGC）的疗效及安全性。 方法在PubMed、Embase、Web of Science、中国期刊全文数据库（CNKI）、中国生物医学文献数据库（CBM）、万方数据库、维普中文科技期刊数据库中检索2022年7月前公开发表的有关替吉奥联合奥沙利铂（SOX组）对比替吉奥联合顺铂（SP组）治疗AGC的相关研究,按照Cochrane Handbook 5.1的临床试验质量评价标准对文献进行质量评价,采用RevMan 5.4软件进行Meta分析。 结果共有14篇2 650例AGC患者纳入研究,其中SOX组1 334例,SP组1 316例。与SP组比较,SOX组的总生存期（HR=0.87,95% CI：0.78~0.97,P=0.01）、无进展生存期（HR=0.87,95% CI：0.78~0.97,P=0.01）、完全缓解（OR=1.43,95% CI：1.02~2.00,P=0.04）、部分缓解（OR=1.64,95% CI：1.18~2.29,P=0.003）、疾病进展（OR=0.55,95% CI：0.34~0.87,P=0.01）、疾病控制率（OR=1.64,95% CI：1.04~2.56,P=0.03）和疾病稳定（OR=0.67,95% CI：0.53~0.83,P=0.000 4）方面比较,差异均有统计学意义,而两组客观有效率差异无统计学意义（OR=1.57,95% CI：0.85~2.90,P=0.15）。安全性方面,3级及以上不良反应中,SOX组白细胞减少（OR=0.20,95% CI：0.13~0.30,P<0.000 01）、贫血（OR=0.52,95% CI：0.32~0.86,P=0.01）、肌酐升高（OR=0.21,95% CI：0.07~0.61,P=0.004）的发生率更低,而周围感觉神经病（OR=10.64,95% CI：1.85~61.10,P=0.008）的发生率更高。 结论SOX方案可提高AGC的治疗有效率,改善无进展生存期和总生存期,但可能增加周围感觉神经病的发生率。     

化疗解救上腔静脉压迫综合症的近期疗效观察

目的回顾性分析化疗治疗上腔静脉压迫综合症的近期疗效.方法32例上腔静脉压迫综合症在吸氧、抗炎、利尿、激素治疗的基础上,采用化疗解救,以CHOP方案治疗18例,紫杉醇 卡铂方案治疗11例,足叶乙甙 卡铂治疗3例.结果32例中淋巴瘤18例,占56.2%,肺癌14例,占43.8%,化疗后1周评价疗效有效率达93.8%(30/32),仅2例(6.2%)无效.结论对于上腔静脉压迫综合症无论是肺癌还是淋巴瘤,在基础治疗上首选化疗进行解救值得临床推广.     

Therapeutic Evaluation on Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Treated by Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine──Clinical Analysis of 56 Cases

Objective: In comparison with chemotherapy, to evaluate therapeutic effects on advanced pancreatic cancer treated by integrative Chinese and western medicine (ICWM) therapies. Methods: Based on the retrospective study of 56 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, life table was applied to the analysis of patients' survival rate and Xz test to the comparison of therapeutic response between ICWM and chemotherapy groups. Results: The results showed that 1-year survival rate in the ICWM group was 55. 37%±3.24%; 2-year survival rate 34. 61%±16. 31%; 3-year survival rate 25. 96%±24. 64%; 5-year survival rate 25. 96%±24.64%; and median survival period 16. 3 months. However 1-year survival rate in the chemotherapy group was 21. 95%±27. 54% ; 2-year survival rate 7. 31%±27. 54% ; 3-year survival rate 0 % ; and median survival period 7. 5 months. The therapeutic effects between two groups were significantly different (P=0. 004). Further analysis suggested that the reduction of cancer mass in the ICWM grou     

心肌梗死后心力衰竭大鼠上胸段硬膜外阻滞治疗后心功能和β_3肾上腺素能受体表达变化

目的:探讨上胸段硬膜外阻滞治疗对心肌梗死(MI)后心力衰竭大鼠心功能和β3肾上腺素能受体基因表达的影响.方法:48只大鼠随机分为假手术组(S组,n=12)和左冠状动脉结扎组(LAD组,n=36),LAD组大鼠再随机分为心衰组(CHF组,n=14)和硬膜外阻滞治疗组(HTEA组,n=14).4 wk后各组均经寰枕关节置入PE-10导管至胸段硬膜外腔,置管术后24 h S组和CHF组于硬膜外腔注入9 g/L生理盐水(100 μL/kg,2次/d,4 wk).HTEA组于硬膜外腔注入125 g/L布比卡因(100 μL/kg,2次/d,4 wk).4 wk后行超声多普勒测定心功能的参数;测量和计算心脏与体质量(HW/BW)、左心室与体质量(LVW/BW)的比值;逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)半定量测定心肌组织β3AR和eNOS mRNA.结果:与CHF组相比较,HTEA组的LVEDd和LVEDs减小,EF和FS有所增加;HW/BW和LVW/BW有所降低;β3AR和eNOS mRNA表达明显减少.结论:上胸段硬膜外阻滞治疗可以改善MI后心衰大鼠的心功能,减缓心室重构,降低或延缓β3AB和eNOS mBNA的表达.     

电针心经对心肌缺血性家兔心力环面积的影响

以心力环面积为指标,静脉滴注垂体后叶素造成家兔心肌缺血动物模型,结果表明,电针心经地心脏功能的调节作用比电针肺经显著,有相对特异性,说明心经作为一条经脉,与心脏机能活动有密切关系。     

Right Ventricular Involvement of an Aggressive Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who had a painful right thigh mass for a few months. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed no evidence of an intracardiac mass. She had a whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan two months later that revealed masses in her right lower extremity and a mass in her right ventricle that had not been initially reported. She had been initially diagnosed with an undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, but this diagnosis was changed to a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with repeat pathology. She was subsequently hospitalized. An echocardiogram showed a mass covering 80% of her right ventricle (RV). Serial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 9.4 × 5.6 cm RV mass with vascular and avascular portions and inflow and outflow tract obstruction. Computed tomography showed no other metastases. Due to a delay in diagnosis and a decline in left ventricular ejection fraction, the patient could not undergo palliative chemotherapy or radiotherapy     

Randomized Phase II Study of Two Doses of Pixantrone in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer (NCCTG N1031, Alliance)

BackgroundAnthracycline use in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is hindered by cumulative exposure limits and risk of cardiotoxicity. Pixantrone, a novel aza-anthracenedione with structural similarities to mitoxantrone and anthracyclines, is theorized to exhibit less cardiotoxicity, mainly due to lack of iron binding. We conducted a randomized phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 2 dosing schedules of pixantrone in patients with refractory HER2-negative MBC.MethodsIntravenous pixantrone was administered at 180 mg/m² every 3 weeks (group A) versus 85 mg/m² on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle (group B). Primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) and secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), median 6-month PFS, overall survival (OS), safety, quality of life, and serial assessment of circulating tumor cells. A 20% ORR was targeted as sufficient for further testing of pixantrone in this patient population.ResultsForty-five patients were evaluable, with 2 confirmed partial responses in group A and 1 in group B. The trial was terminated due to insufficient activity. Overall median PFS and OS were 2.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.0-4.1) and 16.8 (95% CI: 8.9-21.6) months, respectively. Notable overall grade 3-4 adverse events were the following: neutrophil count decrease (62%), fatigue (16%), and decrease in ejection fraction (EF) (4%).ConclusionPixantrone has insufficient activity in the second- and third-line MBC setting. It appears, however, to have limited cardiotoxicity. (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: {"type":"clinical-trial","attrs":{"text":"NCT01086605","term_id":"NCT01086605"}}NCT01086605).     

Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Osimertinib for Patients with Resected EGFR-mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

IntroductionThe epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib was recently approved for resected EGFR-mutant stages IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer due to improved disease-free survival (DFS) in this population compared with placebo. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness (CE) of this strategy.Materials and MethodsWe constructed a Markov model using post-resection health state transitions with digitized DFS data from the ADAURA trial to compare cost and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) of 3 years of adjuvant osimertinib versus placebo over a 10-year time horizon. An overall survival (OS) benefit of 5% was assumed. Costs and utility values were derived from Medicare reimbursement data and literature. A CE threshold of 3 times the gross domestic product per capita was used. Sensitivity analyses were performed.ResultsThe incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for adjuvant osimertinib was $317 119 per QALY-gained versus placebo. Initial costs of osimertinib are higher in years 1-3. Costs due to progressive disease (PD) are higher in the placebo group through the first 6.5 years. Average pre-PD, post-PD, and total costs were $2388, $379 047, and $502 937, respectively, in the placebo group, and $505 775, $255 638, and $800 697, respectively, in the osimertinib group. Sensitivity analysis of OS gains reaches CE with an hazard ratio (HR) of 0.70-0.75 benefit of osimertinib over placebo. A 50% discount to osimertinib drug cost yielded an ICER of $115 419.ConclusionsThree-years of adjuvant osimertinib is CE if one is willing to pay $317 119 more per QALY-gained. Considerable OS benefit over placebo or other economic interventions will be needed to reach CE.     

The impact of spleen volume on the survival of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients receiving nanoliposomal irinotecan

Nanoliposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (NalFL) comprises the current standard for gemcitabine-failed metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). As liposomes generally accumulate in the spleen, we evaluated the impact of spleen volume on prognosis. We enrolled patients with metastatic PDAC who failed gemcitabine-based therapy and were initiated on NalFL between August 2018 and November 2020. The spleen volume before NalFL administration was evaluated. They were stratified into dose subgroups (i.e. low, < 48 mg/m²; intermediate, 48 - < 64 mg/m²; high, ≥ 64 mg/m²) by the average nal-IRI dose during the entire treatment, and multivariate analysis of overall survival (OS) was performed. We included 547 patients with a median age of 63 years (range, 27-89 years) and a median of 1 (range, 0-7) palliative chemotherapy regimen. The median spleen volume was 245 mL (range, 82-817 mL). Among patients with splenomegaly (≥ 245 mL), the low-dose subgroup had the worst median time to treatment failure (TTF, 1.8 months vs. 2.5 months vs. 2.5 months, P = 0.020) and OS (3.3 months vs. 5.9 months vs. 6.6 months, P = 0.018) as against no prognostic impact in patients without splenomegaly. In the multivariate analysis of patients with splenomegaly, performance status (PS) ≥ 2, body surface area (BSA) < 1.6 m², prior fluoropyrimidine use, liver metastasis, and low-dose subgroup were independent poor prognostic factors. A low average nal-IRI dose was significantly associated with poor prognosis, especially among patients with splenomegaly. Further pharmacological studies should validate the relevance of spleen volume on the treatment outcomes of nal-IRI.