Effect of Aidi injection plus chemotherapy on gastric carcinoma: a Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2015)
Abstract
Abstract Objective To conduct a Meta-analysis of studies on the effect of Aidi injectioncombined with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in the treatment of gastric cancer (GC). Methods Nine electronic databases and six gray literature databases were comprehensively searcheduntil April 20, 2013. Two reviewers independently selected and assessed included trialsaccording to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The risk of bias tool from the Cochrane Handbook version 5.1.0 was used to assess trial quality. All calculations were performed using Review Manager 5.0. Results Thirty-two studies including 1927 participants met the inclusion criteria, most of which were low quality. Compared with chemotherapy alone, Aidi injection plusthe same chemotherapy significantly improved the effective rate [OR = 1.52, 95% CI (1.24, 1.86), P P P P P P Conclusion Aidi injection combined with chemotherapy significantly improved the clinical effect of chemotherapy, reducing the incidence of adverse events. Use of the CONSORT statement for randomized controlled trials is recommended for stricter reporting.
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Key words
Drug therapy,Stomach neoplasms,Review,Randomized controlled trial,Aidi injection
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