【Abstract】 Objective The effects and the complications of anhydrous alcohol intra-abdominal coeliac plexus block were studied for treating unresectable pancreatic cancer pain. Methods From Jan.2001 to Sep.2005, 61 patients with severe pancreatic cancer pain and accompanied gastrointestinal tract obstruction were treated by anhydrous alcohol intra-abdominal coeliac plexus block and palliative surgical therapy. Pain-relief, KPS and complications in 3 months after operation were observed. Results The cancer pain in all patients was controlled in one week after the block (P＜0.05). KPS was improved (P＜0.05). Three months after operation, 45(86.5%) patients were without pain or with only light pain. There were no severe complications. Conclusion Anhydrous alcohol intra-abdominal coeliac plexus block is a method with safe and good effective and less complications for the treatment of pancreatic carcinomatous pain.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of capecitabine combination chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Methods The Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMbase, CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on capecitabine combination chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer from inception to December, 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then, data were analyzed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results Six RCTs were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with the control group, capecitabine combination chemotherapy extended the overall survival (HR=0.86, 95%CI 0.77 to 0.96, P=0.006) and disease progression-free survival (HR=0.83, 95%CI 0.75 to 0.91, P=0.000 2). Moreover, the objective response rate was significantly increased in capecitabine combination chemotherapy (RR=1.64, 95%CI 1.27 to 2.11, P=0.000 1). The results of 3–4 toxic side effects of 6 RCTs indicated that the incidence of neutropenia, stomatitis and hand-foot syndrome of capecitabine combination chemotherapy were obviously higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions Capecitabine combination chemotherapy extend the overall survival and disease progression-free survival, and improve the objective response rate. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify above conclusion.
ObjectivesTo evaluate the economic efficacy of nab-paclitaxel (NAB-P) combined with gemcitabine (GEM) versus GEM alone in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in China.MethodsA Markov model simulating the costs and health outcomes was developed to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). The impact of parameter uncertainty on the model was assessed by deterministic one-way sensitivity analysis.ResultsNAB-P combined with GEM was shown superior efficacy compared to gemcitabine monotherapy, however with higher costs. The ICER between the two groups was 964 780.79￥/QALY.ConclusionsCompared with gemcitabine monotherapy, NAB-P combined with GEM is not cost-effective. The conclusion is confirmed by deterministic one-way sensitivity analysis.