Ef ect of Aidi Injection Combined With Chemotherapy on Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction
Objective:To investigate the ef ect of aidi injection combined with chemotherapy on quality of life and adverse reactions in patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of esopha-gogastric junction.Methods :70 patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction were randomly divided into groups:The test group(35 patients)treated with aidi injection combined with chemotherapy:aidi injection 60ml once daily for 14 days;docetaxel 35mg/m2 in day 1 and 8;S-1 capsule 70mg/m2 twice daily for 14 days.The treatment was repeated every 21 days.The control group(35 patients)didn’t administrate aidi injection.Quality of life and adverse reactions were evaluated according to chinese edition of EORTC QLQ-C30(V3.0)and the WHO standards respectively.The ef icacy was evaluated after 2 cycles chemotherapy and adverse reactions was evaluated after every cycles.Results:the scoring in every fields according to chinese edition of EORTC QLQ-C30(V3.0)in the test group demonstrated that aidi injection can improve significantly the functionings of physical,role,emotional,cognitive,social,genral health status,and the symptoms of fatigue,nausea and vomiting,pain,insonmnia,appetite loss,constipation,diarrhea(P<0.05),and the adverse reactions of chemotherapy.But have no influ-ence for therapeutic ef ect of chemotherapy in patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction.Conclusion:Quality of Life and adverse reactions were improved significantly with aidi injection in patients during chemotherapy with advanced adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction.
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