1.Effects of different doses rosuvastatin on carotid vulnerable plaques and cerebral ischemic events in patients with transient ischemic attack: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Xin WANG ; Kangqi WANG ; Yan DONG ; Xiaozhu SHEN
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2015;23(4):249-254
Objective To investigate the effects of different doses rosuvastatin on carotid vulnerable plaques and cerebral ischemic events in patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA).Methods The TIA patients with carotid vulnerable plaques were enrolled retrospectively.They were randomly divided into either a rosuvastatin conventional dose group or a high-dose group.On the basis of conventional treatment,the former was also given rosuvastatin 10 mg/d,and on the basis of conventional treatment,the latter also took rosuvastatin 20 mg/d.The patients were followed up for 6 months.Blood lipid was detected before and after treatment.The carotid intima-media thickness (IMT),atherosclerotic plaque area,and Crouse plaque score were detected with cervical vascular ultrasound.The incidences of cerebral ischemic events were compared within six months after treatment.Results A total of 71 patients were enrolled.There were 35 patients in the conventional-dose group and 36 patients in the high-dose group.Two and one patients were lost to follow up respectively in both the conventional-dose group and the high-dose group.There were no significant differences in baseline total cholesterol (TC) (5.65 ± 1.05 mmol/L vs.5.46 ±0.87 mmol/L;t =0.812,P =0.419),triacylglycerol (TG) (2.85 ± 0.74 mmol/L vs.2.95 ± 0.86 mmol/L;t =0.513,P =0.609),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (4.11 ± 0.47 mmol/L vs.4.08 ± 0.33 mmol/L;t =0.304,P =0.761),and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (1.27 ± 0.22 mmol/Lvs.1.23 ± 0.20 mmol/L;t =1.339,P =0.185) between the high-dose group and the conventional dose group.After treatment,TC (3.06±0.77 mmol/L vs.4.98 ±0.78 mmol/L;t=10.214,P<0.001),TG (2.15±0.56 mmol/L vs.2.52 ± 0.68 mmol/L;t =2.492,P =0.015),and LDL-C (2.18 ± 0.59 mmol/L vs.3.86 ± 0.42 mmol/L;t =13.526,P<0.001) in the high-dose group were significantly lower than those in the latter,while HDL-C (1.43 ±0.20 mmol/L vs.1.33 ± 0.21 mmol/L;t =2.010,P =0.048) was significantly higher than the conventional dose group.There were no significant differences in baseline IMT (1.59 ± 0.26 mm vs.1.58 ± 0.28 mm;t =0.152,P =0.879),plaque area (0.87 ± 0.29 mm2 vs.0.85 ± 0.34 mm2;t =0.261,P =0.749),and Crouse score (4.26 ± 0.31 mm vs.4.18 ± 0.25 mm;t =1.171,P =0.245) between the high-dose group and the conventional dose group;after treatment,IMT (1.26 ± 0.25 mm vs.1.44 ±0.27 mm;t =2.852,P=0.005),plaque area (0.50±0.25 mm2 vs.0.70±0.25 mm2;t=3.298,P=0.001),and Crouse score (2.30 ±0.26 mm vs.4.03 ±0.24 mm;t =28.509,P <0.001) in the high-dose group were significantly decreased compared with the conventional dose group.The incidence of cerebral ischemic events in the high-dose group was significantly lower than that in the conventional dose group (11.76% vs.29.41%;x2 =3.202,P =0.001).Conclusions Rosuvastatin has significant lipid-lowering effect.It can eliminate or stabilize carotid vulnerable plaque and reduce ischemic stroke events.The effect of rosuvastatin 20 mg/d is superior to that of rosuvastatin 10 mg/d.
2.Analysis of Clinical Application of Reduning Injection in Our Hospital
Yongxu SUN ; Cuihua GAO ; Qiling TANG ; Kangqi LI ; Chenyu GUO ; Weiwei ZHU ; Xia DU ; Yanpeng WANG ; Congxiao LU
China Pharmacy 2015;(20):2742-2743,2744
OBJECTIVE:To provide a reference for rational clinical application of Reduning injection. METHODS:The rele-vant information about the patients who sought treatment in our hospital in 2014 and used reduning injection were collected to make statistical analysis to the age,dosage,course of treatment,frequencies,etc. RESULTS:Among the above-mentioned patients,the number of males was more than that of females,children under 10 years old accounted for 36.10%,47.54%of patients received re-duning injection for a treatment course of over five days,and 14.99% of patients failed to wash the infusion tube before injection. CONCLUSIONS:Irrational clinical application of reduning injection exists. The administration and dosage should be standardized and the dosage for children under three years old as specified in the label be detailed to reduce and avoid the occurrence of adverse drug reaction so as to ensure the safety of drug use by patients.
3.Current studies of targeted alpha-particle therapy for hematologic malignancies
Kangqi LIU ; Haizhong ZHOU ; Ling JIANG ; Jie WANG ; Xiaolong LIU
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2023;43(12):757-760
Hematological malignancies are suitable diseases for radioimmunotherapy because of their high sensitivity to radiation and well-defined immunophenotypes. Beta emitters like 131I and 90Y have achieved some outcomes in radioimmunotherapy of hematological malignancies. Compared with beta particles, alpha particles have higher linear energy transfer, greater relative biological effects and shorter range, which give alpha particles the ability to kill tumor cells more effectively with less damage to normal tissue. This review summarizes the current studies of targeted alpha-particle therapy in hematological malignancies.