• Medicine · Jul 2019

    A network meta-analysis protocol of adjuvant chemotherapy for unresectable patients with advanced gastric cancer.

    • Long Li, Ling-Yun Guo, and Jie Mao.
    • Department of First General Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jul 1; 98 (28): e16108e16108.

    BackgroundThe treatment methods about surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy were recommended for gastric cancer (GC) patients by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines. However, for the advanced gastric cancer patients or with metastatic lesions who have lost their chance of surgery, the current adjuvant chemotherapy treatments are still controversial. Therefore, this network meta-analysis is mainly to assess the relative efficacy of different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for advanced gastric cancer (AGC).MethodsIn order to compare the relative efficacy among different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for AGC patients, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and non-RCTs were systematic searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library and Embase database. R-3.4.1 software will be used for data analysis. The risk of bias in RCTs and non-RCTs will be evaluated through the risk of bias tool from the Cochrane Handbook version 5.1.0 and non-randomized studies of interventions (ROBINS-I), respectively.Results And ConclusionThe results of this network meta-analysis will evaluate the relative effectiveness and rank the interventions among all chemotherapy methods for unresectable AGC patients, and provide more evidence-based guidance in clinical practice.Protocol Registration NumberCRD42018111835.

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