Dietary Therapy of Qi-Yin-Reinforcing Porridge for the Alleviation of Chemotherapy Related Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Tumors:A Single-Case Randomized Controlled Study
Dietary Therapy of Qi-Yin-Reinforcing Porridge for the Alleviation of Chemotherapy Related Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Tumors:A Single-Case Randomized Controlled Study作者机构:Department of OncologyXiyuan HospitalChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
出 版 物:《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2013年第19卷第6期
页 面:418-423页
核心收录:
学科分类:1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 1005[医学-中医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学]
主 题:gastrointestinal tumors dietary therapy single-case randomized controlled study reinforcing both qi-yin FOLFOX chemotherapy
摘 要:Objective: To investigate the efficacy of dietary therapy of qi-yin-reinforcing porridge for the alleviation of clinical symptoms during FOLFOX chemotherapy. Methods: A single-case randomized controlled study was carded out. Fourteen patients with gastrointestinal tumors accepting FOLFOX chemotherapy were enrolled using self-crossover control design. On days 1-7 of chemotherapy, the dietary therapy expedmental group and the placebo control group were given dietary therapy of qi-yin-reinforcing porridge and dextrin-prepared porridge which had the same appearance, smell, color and taste as the qi-yin-reinforcing porridge, respectively. Fourteen clinical symptoms, including debility, vomiting and nausea, etc. were observed. Restdts: Ten patients completed the study and were estimable. The qi-yin-reinforcing porridge demonstrated certain efficacy in alleviating clinical symptoms of patients with gastrointestinal tumors during the pedod of chemotherapy. Better effect of alleviating debility was found in the dietary therapy expedmantal group than in the placebo control group, and the difference was statistically significant (Z=2.27, P=0.02). No statistically significant difference was found between the experimental group and the control group with respect to the effect of alleviating the other 13 clinical symptoms including anorexia, nausea, vomiting, dry stool, loose stool, etc. and body weight (P〉0.05). Conclusion: Dietary therapy of qi-yin-reinforcing porridge shows an additional benefit in alleviating debility of patients during chemotherapy and deserves clinical use and popularization.