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 values25 mg/kg/day50 mg/kg/day100 mg/kg/dy
Baseline
( 𝑛 = 5 )
Week 3
( 𝑛 = 4 )
Week 7
( 𝑛 = 1 )
Baseline
( 𝑛 = 5 )
Week 3
( 𝑛 = 5 )
Week 7
( 𝑛 = 2 )
Baseline
( 𝑛 = 5 )
Week 3
( 𝑛 = 5 )
Week 7
( 𝑛 = 3 )

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)
1.91.0
(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)
12.09.7
(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)
141146
(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)
5.14.6
(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)
5.56.0
(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)
3.23.2
(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)
2.32.8
(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)
10583
(29–828)
79
(41–688)
461
(49–872)
112
(37–156)
82
(47–184)
131
(93–166)
Total bilirubin 0.1–0.5 mg/dl0.1
(0.1–0.3)
0.2
(0.1–0.2)
0.50.3
(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)
343247
(181–258)
233
(186–274)
242
(156–328)
220
(196–276)
260
(165–492)
332
(285–442)