Research paper
Comparative efficacy of various CHIs combined with western medicine for non-small cell lung cancer: A bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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What this study found
Overall, Chinese herbal injections combined with Western medicine appeared more beneficial than Western medicine alone for non-small cell lung cancer, with Shenmai injection plus Western medicine and disodium cantharidinate plus vitamin B6 injection plus Western medicine ranking most favorably for disease control and survival quality. For disease control rate and survival quality score, SMI+WM reported 80.60 and 60.30, while DCI+WM reported 67.80 and 82.20; WM alone was 3.30 and 0.10, respectively. Several injections also showed favorable safety rankings, including fewer gastrointestinal…
- Study & population
- Bayesian network meta-analysis of 389 randomized controlled trials including 31,263 patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated in hospital-based settings.
- Intervention
- This review evaluated 16 Chinese herbal injections used as add-on therapy to Western medicine for non-small cell lung cancer.
- Key limitation
- The included randomized trials were methodologically limited, and the review noted potential publication bias.
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Background: Given the limitations of Western medicine (WM) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the wide exploration of Chinese herbal injections (CHIs), systematically evaluate the efficacy of Various CHIs Combined with WM for…