• 1. The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China;
  • 2. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China;
TUXing, Email: kuangsheng1234@126.com
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Objective To systematically review the efficacy and safety of cisplatin combined with etoposide versus other platinum combined with etoposide in the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Methods We searched PubMed, The Cochrane Library (Issue 8, 2013), MEDLINE (Ovid), CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concerning the efficacy and safety of cisplatin combined with etoposide (the cisplatin group) versus other platinum combined with etoposide (the control group) for SCLC. The search was up to August 2013. Two reviewers screened literatures according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data and assessed the methodological quality of included studies. And then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.2 software. Results A total of 6 RCTs involving 684 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that there were no significant differences in disease control rate (DCR) (RR=1.03, 95%CI 0.91 to 1.17, P=0.63), overall response rate (ORR) (RR=1.04, 95%CI 0.97 to 1.11, P=0.33), occurrence of leukocytopenia (RR=0.97, 95%CI 0.81 to 1.17, P=0.77), decreased hemoglobin (RR=0.89, 95%CI 0.61 to 1.31, P=0.56) between the cisplatin group and the control group. Occurrence of thrombocytopenia was lower (RR=0.49, 95%CI 0.38 to 0.63, P<0.000 01) while occurrence of nausea and vomiting was higher (RR=1.80, 95%CI 1.40 to 2.31, P<0.000 01) in the cisplatin group. Conclusion Current evidence shows that the clinical efficacy of cisplatin combined with etoposide for SCLC is equal to other platinum combined with etoposide, but it has a certain advantage in decreasing the aggregative rate of platelets, while the gastrointesnial reaction patients should avoid using cisplatin combined with etoposide.

Citation: TANGHong-mei, TUXing, XIONGFen, LUOQian, SUFen-li, SUZhi-qiang, ZHANGQing-ye, CAIQing-qun. Cisplatin versus Other Platinum Combined with Etoposide in Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2015, 15(4): 452-457. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20150075 Copy

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