1.Clinical efficacy of sunitinib as post-operative adjuvant therapy in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma
Jianlin YUAN ; Liang WANG ; Lijun CHEN ; Xu ZHANG ; Jinhong PAN ; Linyang YE ; Xuren XIAO ; Jianhong QIU ; Keqin ZHANG ; Gang YE
Chinese Journal of Urology 2012;(12):951-954
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sunitinib as post-operative adjuvant therapy in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC).Methods A total of 60 patients with resected,histologically confirmed clear cell RCC were enrolled in this study.Patients received orally sunitinib either at a dose of 50 mg on treatment schedule (once daily for 4 weeks followed by 2 weeks off) or at a dose of 37.5 mg once daily for three 6-week cycles from 1 month after surgery.Results All the 60 patients tolerated Sunitinib treatment well and no patient discontinued treatment due to adverse events.Most adverse events were grade Ⅰ to Ⅱ.The most frequently reported adverse events were neutropenia (56.7%),thrombocytopenia (53.3%),leucopenia (48.3%),hand-foot syndrome (46.7%) and hypertension (36.7%).The most frequently reported grade 3 or 4 toxicities were thrombocytopenia (25.0%),neutropenia (15.0%),hand-foot syndrome (11.7%) and leucopenia (8.3%).The majority of adverse events occurred within the first 1-2 cycles of sunitinib treatment,and was ameliorated 1 month after 3 cycles finished.No irreversible adverse event was observed.As of April 5,2012,no recurrence occurred in patients except one death due to cerebrovascular accident unrelated to treatment,with both 6-month and 9-month disease-free survival rate of 100%.Conclusions Myelosuppression occurred less frequently in high-risk RCC patients treated with sunitinib as operative adjuvant therapy than in advanced RCC patients,with a better benefit trend.However,long-term follow-up data are needed to further confirm the efficacy of sunitinib in the adjuvant setting.
2.Practice and its effects for reducing incidence of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis for patients in rural area
Xiao ZHENG ; Xiaoping LOU ; Zhengyan LI ; Zhanzheng ZHAO ; Jing XIAO ; Wei XIE ; Xiaoyang WANG ; Xing TIAN ; Qi WANG ; Rui DING ; Honglin WANG ; Jinhong MIAO ; Rui LIANG ; Jiang LIN
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2018;53(2):195-198
Objective To reduce the incidence of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis for patients in rural area and to improve management quality of peritoneal dialysis center.Methods We established multidisciplinary collaborative research group involving departments of nephrology,nutrition,infection,and quality control.Risk factors of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis in rural patients were analyzed,and prevention measures were designed.The rate of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis in 89 patients after implementation was analyzed.Results The rate of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis was decreased from 43 patient·month per time to 67 patient ·month per time.Conclusion The compound pathway can effectively reduce the rate of peritonitis,improve patient satisfaction,and prolong dialysis age.
3.Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in Hengyang and comparison of three methods for genotyping
Lianxia LIU ; 421001 衡阳,南华大学附属第一医院输血科 ; Jinhong XIAO ; Wei TIAN ; Lan YU ; Xiaoxing YOU ; Yanhua ZENG ; Cuiming ZHU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2017;37(11):862-868
Objective To investigate the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae ( Mp) infection in children in Hengyang from 2013 to 2016 and to analyze the p1 genotypes of the isolated Mp strains by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism ( PCR-RFLP) , nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) and rapid-cycle polymerase chain reaction (Rapid-Cycle PCR).Methods Throat swab samples of children with acute respiratory tract infection were collected from four hospitals in Hengyang , Hu-nan Province from 2013 to 2016.Mp strains in these samples were identified by PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene.PCR-RFLP, nPCR and Rapid-Cycle PCR were performed for Mp p1 genotyping in order to fur-ther analyze the genotypes of Mp strains circulating in Hengyang .Results A total of 109 clinical strains of Mp were identified from the 984 throat swab samples .The sensitivities of PCR-RFLP and nPCR for genoty-ping MP strains were both 100%, while that of rapid-Cycle PCR was 98 .17%.All of the three methods showed 100%specificity for genotyping.Of all isolated Mp strains, 78.90% were p1 gene type Ⅰ and 21.10%were p1 gene typeⅡ(t=93.239, P=0.01).From 2013 to 2016, the annual isolation rates of p1 gene type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ strains were 93.10%, 87.5%, 76.92%, 65.79% and 6.90%, 12.5%, 23.08%, 34.21%, respectively.The rate of Mp p1 gene type Ⅰinfection decreased over year , while that of p1 gene type Ⅱinfection increased gradually .Conclusion PCR-RFLP, nPCR and rapid-Cycle PCR are reliable for genotyping of Mp p1 gene.The predominant genotype of Mp strains circulating in Hengyang is p 1 gene type Ⅰ, but the incidence of p 1 gene type Ⅱinfection gradually increases from 2013 to 2016 .