Clinical observation of paclitaxel liposome in patients with lymph node metastasis after pulmonary resection

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the difference of clinical short-term effect and adverse reaction between paclitaxel liposome and paclitaxel in non-small cell lung cancer patients with lymph node metastasis after pulmonary resection.Methods Sixty-eight patients after pulmonary resection were divided into two groups by random digits table method,37 patients in experimental group with paclitaxel liposome (135mg/m2) combined with carboplatin (CBP) at 300 mg/m2 in chemotherapy,and 31 patients in control group with paclitaxel (135 mg/m2) combined with CBP at 300 mg/m2 in chemotherapy.Results All patients were evaluable.In experimental group,5 patients had complete remission,10 patients had partial remission,17patients were stable,5 patients' condition aggravated,the total effective rate was 40.5％(15/37),clinical control rate was 86.5％ (32/37).In control group,2 patients had complete remission,8 patients had partial remission,15 patients were stable,6 patients' condition aggravated,the total effective rote was 32.3％(10/31),clinical control rate was 80.6％(25/31).The treatment effectiveness in experimental group was significantly higher than that in control group (P ＜ 0.05).The main adverse reaction included marrow suppression,hair loss,muscle and joint pain and gastrointestinal symptom,there was no serious hypersensitivity.The rate of hypotension,face flushing,paresthesia,muscle and joint pain,erythra in experimental group was lower than that in control group [0 vs.9.7％ (3/31),5.4％ (2/37) vs.19.4％ (6/31),10.8％ (4/37) vs.22.6％ (7/31),13.5％ (5/37) vs.38.7％ (12/31),5.4％ (2/37) vs.25.8％ (8/31)] (P ＜0.0 1 or ＜0.05).Conclusion The curative effect rate of paclitaxel liposome is better than paclitaxel in patients with lymph node metastasis after pulmonary resection and with lower incidence of side effects. Key words: Lung neoplasms; Lymph nodes; Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; Paclitaxel liposome