Myeloprotection effects of trilaciclib in Chinese patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) receiving chemotherapy—a real-world study

Yongxing Chen, Chong Meng, Lirong Liu, Kai Liu, Tao Chen, Chen Yang · 2024

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Yongxing Chen and co-authors reported in 2024 real-world results for a drug that protects bone marrow during chemotherapy for advanced small cell lung cancer. The drug briefly pauses blood-forming cells so chemotherapy harms them less. Thirty Chinese patients received it alongside standard regimens at one center.

Severe drops in infection-fighting white cells occurred in only about seven percent of patients. Serious blood toxicities were uncommon in the main treatment group but universal in the small group on a harsher regimen. About a fifth of patients needed antibiotics. The authors read the data as supporting the drug's protective effect in everyday practice, while the small numbers call for larger confirmatory studies.

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CREATORYongxing Chen, Chong Meng, Lirong Liu, Kai Liu, Tao Chen, Chen Yang
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE32 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11635219

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