• Department of General Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730030, P.R.China;
JIAO Zuoyi, Email: jiaozx@lzu.edu.cn
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Objective  To systematically evaluate the safety and efficacy of trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy for HER-2 positive patients with advanced gastric cancer. Methods  We searched ClinicalTrails.gov, PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library (Issue 5, 2016), CNKI, CBM, WanFang Data, VIP and major meeting proceeding databases (ASCO and ESMO) from inception to May 2016, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or non-RCTs about trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced gastric cancer. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. Meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results  Nine studies involving 1 034 HER-2 positive patients were included, of which three were RCTs and the other six were non-RCTs. Meta-analysis results indicated that the trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy group (the trial group) was superior to the chemotherapy alone group (the control group) in complete remission (OR=2.76, 95%CI 1.40 to 5.44,P=0.003), partial remission (OR=1.81, 95%CI 1.40 to 2.33,P<0.000 01), overall response rate (OR=2.09, 95%CI 1.63 to 2.68,P<0.000 01) and disease control rate (OR=2.20, 95%CI 1.63 to 2.98,P<0.000 1), while there was no statistical significances in stable disease (OR=0.87, 95%CI 0.66 to 1.14,P=0.31). In terms of safety, the incidence of diarrhea (OR=1.51, 95%CI 1.10 to 2.06,P=0.01) and erythra (OR=4.35, 95%CI 1.25 to 15.10,P=0.02) in the trial group were higher than the control group. However, other adverse reactions were no significant differences in two groups. Conclusion  Compared with chemotherapy alone, trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of HER-2 positive patients with advanced gastric cancer can significantly improve response rate, but it may increase the incidence of diarrhea and erythra. Because of the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, the above conclusion needs to be verified by conducting more high quality studies.

Citation: LI Long, ZHAN Hao, LONG Bo, ZHOU Huinian, ZHANG Gengyuan, JIAO Zuoyi. Trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy for Her-2 positive patients with advanced gastric cancer: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(1): 40-46. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201606021 Copy

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