Kawashita Yumiko, Umeda Masahiro, Murata Maho, Yoshimatsu Masako, Shiraishi Chiaki, Omori Aya, Yamazaki Takuya, Nishi Hideaki, Soutome Sakiko, Ukai Takashi, Toya Ryo, Kumai Yoshihiko
Department of Oral Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Jun 13;104(24):e42870. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000042870.
The efficacy of Hangeshashinto (TJ-14) during radiotherapy administration in patients with head and neck cancer remains unknown. We investigated the effectiveness of TJ-14 in delaying grade 2 radiotherapy-induced mucositis development in patients with hypopharyngeal or laryngeal cancer.
The trial involved 28 participants, allocated in a 1:1 ratio, to either the control or intervention group using a stratified randomization method adjusted for primary cancer location and treatment type.
Kaplan-Meier curves showed that the 50% incidence rate of grade 2 pharyngeal mucositis between the intervention and control group (46 Gy vs 34 Gy, P = .49). Six participants in the intervention group stopped taking TJ-14 during the development of grade 1 pharyngeal mucositis (mean oral medication period: 2.7 days).
The findings of this single-center randomized clinical trial showed that taking TJ-14 from the onset of grade 1 mucositis tended to delay the development of grade 2 mucositis. However, patient compliance was poor in the intervention group. Therefore, multicenter randomized controlled trials should be planned with considering the low compliance of this population to understand the effectiveness of TJ-14.
在头颈部癌患者的放射治疗期间,半夏泻心汤(TJ - 14)的疗效尚不清楚。我们研究了TJ - 14在延迟下咽或喉癌患者2级放射性粘膜炎发生方面的有效性。
该试验纳入28名参与者,采用根据原发癌位置和治疗类型调整的分层随机化方法,以1:1的比例分配到对照组或干预组。
Kaplan - Meier曲线显示,干预组和对照组之间2级咽部粘膜炎的发生率为50%(46 Gy对34 Gy,P = 0.49)。干预组中有6名参与者在1级咽部粘膜炎发生期间停止服用TJ - 14(平均口服药物时间:2.7天)。
这项单中心随机临床试验的结果表明,从1级粘膜炎发作开始服用TJ - 14倾向于延迟2级粘膜炎的发生。然而,干预组的患者依从性较差。因此,应考虑到该人群的低依从性,计划开展多中心随机对照试验,以了解TJ - 14的有效性。