Research Article
Single Agent Polysaccharopeptide Delays Metastases and Improves Survival in Naturally Occurring Hemangiosarcoma
Table 3
Median and range blood chemistry values for 15 dogs with hemangiosarcoma treated with 25, 50, or 100 mg/kg/day I'm-Yunity (polysaccharopeptide).
| Normal values | 25 mg/kg/day | 50 mg/kg/day | 100 mg/kg/dy | Baseline () | Week 3 () | Week 7 () | Baseline () | Week 3 () | Week 7 () | Baseline () | Week 3 () | Week 7 () |
| Glucose 65–112 mg/dl | 79 (73–122) | 88 (77–106) | 91
| 101 (87–121) | 100 (84–108) | 100 (96–103) | 87 (75–101) | 96 (86–126) | 91 (90–92) | BUN 5–30 mg/dl | 17 (10–26) | 25 (13–31) | 27
| 18 (17–23) | 19 (15–25) | 19 (18–20) | 25 (18–55) | 27 (20–34) | 26 (17–39) | Creatinine 0.7–1.8 mg/dl | 0.9 (0.7–1.5) | 1.4 (0.6–1.8) | 1.9 | 1.0 (0.9–1.3) | 1.0 (0.9–1.5) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 1.2 (0.8–1.5) | 1.2 (1.1–1.2) | 1.0 (0.9–1.3) | Calcium 9.8–11.7 mg/dl | 10.4 (9.7–12.0) | 10.3 (9.1–12.0) | 12.0 | 9.7 (9.6–11.0) | 10.2 (9.8–10.8) | 10.0 (9.6–10.3) | 10.2 (9.6–10.7) | 10.2 (9.1–11.4) | 10.1 (10.1–10.7) | Sodium 140–150 nmol/L | 144 (132–148) | 141 (138–146) | 141 | 146 (139–147) | 144 (143–147) | 143 (142–143) | 146 (143–146) | 146 (140–152) | 146 (143–146) | Potassium 4.0–5.2 nmol/L | 4.9 (4.6–5.4) | 4.4 (3.4–5.1) | 5.1 | 4.6 (4.4–5.6) | 4.5 (3.7–4.6) | 4.4 (4.1–4.7) | 4.8 (4.0–5.0) | 4.8 (3.5–5.6) | 4.6 (4.5–5.1) | Total protein 5.4–7.1 g/dl | 6.3 (5.6–6.7) | 6.0 (4.4–7.0) | 5.5 | 6.0 (5.3–7.0) | 5.9 (5.6–6.3) | 5.8 (5.7–5.9) | 5.9 (5.7–6.4) | 6.1 (4.8–6.5) | 6.4 (6.3–6.5) | Albumen 2.5–3.7 g/dl | 3.0 (2.8–3.3) | 3.0 (2.2–3.8) | 3.2 | 3.2 (3.0–4.0) | 3.1 (2.9–3.5) | 3.3 (3.2–3.4) | 3.0 (2.9–3.5) | 3.0 (2.5–3.4) | 3.2 (3.1–3.4) | Globulin 2.4–4.0 g/dl | 3.2 (2.8–3.6) | 3.0 (2.2–3.2) | 2.3 | 2.8 (2.2–3.4) | 2.7 (2.5–3.1) | 2.5 (2.3–2.7) | 2.8 (2.3–3.3) | 3.1 (2.1–3.2) | 3.1 (3.1–3.3) | ALT 16–91 U/L | 32 (13–57) | 46 (20–89) | 32
| 60 (13–102) | 49 (27–64) | 89 (33–145) | 59 (14–159) | 62 (46–118) | 36 (26–60) | SAP 20–155 U/L | 143 (59–346) | 148 (55–575) | 105 | 83 (29–828) | 79 (41–688) | 461 (49–872) | 112 (37–156) | 82 (47–184) | 131 (93–166) | Total bilirubin 0.1–0.5 mg/dl | 0.1 (0.1–0.3) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | 0.5 | 0.3 (0.1–0.9) | 0.1 (0.1–0.2) | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) | 0.1 (0.1–0.5) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | Cholesterol 128–317 mg/dl | 260 (161–292) | 300 (138–393) | 343 | 247 (181–258) | 233 (186–274) | 242 (156–328) | 220 (196–276) | 260 (165–492) | 332 (285–442) |
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