title: [Randomized controlled clinical trial of kang'ai injection in gastrointestinal cancerchemotherapy patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the influence of kang'ai injection on quality of life among gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourty-two gastrointestinal cancer patients were randomly divided into the treatment group (n=22) and the control group (n=20). The treatment group was treated with chemotherapy and kang'ai injection, and the control group was only treated with chemotherapy. Their quality of life, improvement of clinical symptoms and adverse effects were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The disease control rates of the treatment group and the control group were 91% and 30% ,while their effective rates of KPS were 59% and 30% respectively. They had one case and six cases with side effects above III degree.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Kang'ai injection can mitigate syndromes of gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy patient, improve their quality of life and have an effect of reducing toxic and enhancing efficacy for chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Zhongnan University, Changsha 410013, China. chenyin713@163.com
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mei-zuo
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil