title: [A meta-analysis of the curative effects of carboplatin-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapeutic regimens on advance non-small cell lung cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate whether there is a difference in the curative effect of carboplatin-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapeutic regimens on advance non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
  
  
  METHODS
  The databases PudMed, CENTRAL, and Chinese biomedical database were retrieved by using the key words "non-small cell lung cancer" or "carcinoma, non-small cell lung" so as to search the materials about the randomized controlled clinical trials that had compared the curative effects of carboplatin-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapeutic regimens on advance NSCLC. A meta-analysis was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighteen documents about randomized controlled clinical trials, including 6478 patients, from the retrieved 3531 documents accorded to the demand of enrollment. The overall response rates of the carboplatin-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapeutic groups were both 27% (RR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.86 approximately 1.01, P = 0.10). Neither funnel plot nor rank correlation test regarding response rate indicated the existence of publication bias (chi(2) = 18.63, P = 0.63). The 0ne-year survival rate of the carboplatin-based regimen group was 36%, not significantly different from that of the cisplatin-based regimen group (35%, RR = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.93 - 1.17, P = 0.5). Sensitive analysis confirmed the non-existence of differences in the overall response rate and one-year survival rate between these 2 groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The curative effects of the carboplatin-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapeutic regimens are similar. The choice of carboplatin or cisplatin depends on the toxicity of the drugs and the patients' tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, and Department of Oncology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
authors.forename: Jing-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xiao-hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xin-li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ruo-fan
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin