Clinical Study

Jiedu Granule Combined with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus

Table 2

Main procedure-related laboratory adverse events by CTCAE grades in both groups.

CTCAEGroupPre-procedure3 months post-procedureP valueP value#
All gradesP valueGrade≥3P valueAll gradesP valueGrade≥3P value

LeukocytopeniaTACE-GKR (n=94)12(12.77)0.4480116(17.02)0.3733(3.19)0.7210.5390.246
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)8(8.33)011(11.46)5(5.21)0.6280.059
HBTACE-GKR (n=94)11(11.70)0.775019(9.58)0.9641(1.06)0.4950.8130.301
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)9(9.38)08(8.33)0(0.00)0.9981
ThrombocytopeniaTACE-GKR (n=94)10(10.64)0.9980119(20.21)0.9433(3.19)0.9980.1060.246
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)10(10.42)018(18.75)4(4.17)0.1520.121
HypoalbuminTACE-GKR (n=94)12(12.77)0.7800117(18.09)0.9780(0.00)10.4191
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)10(10.42)014(14.58)0(0.00)0.5131
ALT/AST↑TACE-GKR (n=94)37(39.36)0.6800154(57.45)0.55114(14.89)0.7420.0190.009
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)34(35.42)050(52.08)17(17.71)0.029<0.001
TB↑TACE-GKR (n=94)23(24.47)0.8060140(42.55)0.7574(4.26)0.7190.0130.121
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)26(27.08)044(45.83)3(3.13)0.0110.246
GGT↑TACE-GKR (n=94)49(52.13)0.6710155(58.51)0.79018(19.15)0.5290.463<0.001
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)54(56.25)059(61.46)23(23.96)0.558<0.001
CreatinineTACE-GKR (n=94)0(0.00)0.497013(3.19)0.7591(1.06)0.4950.2460.998
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)2(2.08)04(4.17)0(0.00)0.6831
INRTACE-GKR (n=94)7(7.45)0.9980113(13.83)0.9400(0.00)0.4970.2371
Jiedu plus TACE-GKR (n=96)8(8.33)014(14.58)2(2.08)0.2570.497

: intragroup differences in all grades laboratory adverse events between baseline and month 3 were analysed with Exact McNemar’s test; p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. #: intragroup differences in grade≥ laboratory adverse events between baseline and month 3 were also analysed with Exact McNemar’s test. TB: total bilirubin; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; INR: international normalized ratio; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; CTCAE: National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; GKR: gamma knife radiosurgery; TACE: transarterial chemoembolization.