• 1. Evidence-based Medicine Center, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 2. Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
  • 3. Department of Pediatrics, Academic Department of Zhejiang Jiuxu Pharmaceutical Co, LTD, Jinhua 321016, China;
WANGQi-tuan, Email: zjjxwqt@126.com
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Objective To systematically review the efficacy and safety of brucea javanica oil emulsion with/without cisplatin in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Methods We electronically search PubMed, The Cochrane Library (Issue 6, 2013), EMbase, CBM, WanFang Data, VIP and CNKI to collect randomized controlled trial about brucea javanica oil emulsion for MPE from the establishment dates to June 2013. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of included studies. Then meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.1 software. Results A total of twenty-five RCTs involving 1 620 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that:compared with using cisplatin alone, brucea javanica oil emulsion plus cisplatin could improve clinical efficiency (RR=1.45, 95%CI 1.34 to 1.57, P < 0.000 01) and patients' quality of life (RR=1.36, 95%CI 1.18 to 1.56, P < 0.000 1), and relieved the incidences of bone marrow depression (OR=0.31, 95%CI 0.22 to 0.42, P < 0.000 01) and digestive tract reaction (OR=0.36, 95%CI 0.24 to 0.54, P < 0.000 01, ) and fever (OR=0.18, 95%CI 0.08 to 0.40, P < 0.000 1). Conclusion Current evidence indicates that brucea javanica oil emulsion could improve chemotherapy effects MPE. However, due to the limited quality of the included studies, more high quality studies with large sample size are needed to verify the conclusion.

Citation: WEIKong-ping, WANGQi-tuan, WANGQi-rong, WEIKong-yuan, JINYan-ling, SUNYu, SHAOLi-li, WANGQuan, TIANJin-hui. Brucea Javanica Oil Emulsion in Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(10): 1263-1269. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140203 Copy

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