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Buzhong Tiaogan Formula for delaying colorectal liver metastasis (liver depression spleen deficient type): A multicenter randomized controlled trial: A study protocol.
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Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2021 Dec 23; Vol. 100 (51), pp. e28040. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Introduction: Colorectal cancer has been ranked third among the most common cancers worldwide and raised to the second leading cause of cancer death with nearly one-tenth of cancer-related deaths globally, and nearly half of colorectal cancer patients present with or develop colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRLM). Buzhong Tiaogan Formula (BTF) has been proven to treat CRLM in our team, but there are lacking of evidence on its effective in delaying colorectal liver metastasis (liver depression spleen deficiency type), so we will evaluate the efficacy and safety of BTF in preventing the occurrence of CRLM.<br />Methods: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be carried out in 3 different hospitals in Shanxi Province planning to recruit 150 CRLM patients with the type of liver depression spleen deficiency. The control group will be treated by basic antitumor therapy and the treatment group will use BTF plus basic antitumor therapy. The primary outcomes will be quality of life of included patients, the time of occurrence of liver metastasis, the score of traditional Chinese medicine symptom for the type of liver depression spleen deficiency; and the secondary outcomes will include overall survival, progression-free survival, DFS, tumor microenvironment and immune state of the included patient. Safety evaluation will be recorded during the whole study. All data in this RCT will be analyzed by SPSS 23.0 software. This study has been approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Shanxi Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese medicine (2021Y-06016).<br />Discussion: The results of this RCT will contribute to BTF for delaying colorectal liver metastasis (liver depression spleen deficient type). And the results from this RCT will be published in a relevant journal after finished.<br />Trial Registration: ChiMCTR2100005268 (September 4, 2021).<br />Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Medicine, Chinese Traditional methods
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Spleen
Treatment Outcome
Tumor Microenvironment
Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use
Colorectal Neoplasms drug therapy
Drugs, Chinese Herbal therapeutic use
Liver Neoplasms drug therapy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-5964
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 51
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34941044
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000028040