Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2023, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 234-237.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2023.02.021

• Drug-induced liver injuries • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Clinical efficacy of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate in preventing and treating liver and kidney injuries in patients with advanced gastric cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Xu Jing, Liu Kun, Ma Zhufang   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, 3201 Hospital Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Received:2022-10-02 Online:2023-03-10 Published:2023-03-21

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to observe the clinical efficacy of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate in preventing and treating liver and kidney injuries in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) undergoing chemotherapy. Methods A total of 105 patients with AGC were encountered in our hospital between April 2020 and April 2022, and all received taxotere, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil combination chemotherapy. During the chemotherapy, the patients were randomly assigned to control (n=52) and observation group (n=53), receiving glutathione or magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate for preventing drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and kidney injury. Serum carbohydrate antigen 199 (CA199), CA125, CA724 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels wereassayed by electrochemical luminescence, and serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) levels were detected by ELISA. Results At the end of chemotherapy, the incidence of DILI in the observation group was 3.8%, much lower than 15.4% (P<0.05) in the control, and no kidney injury occurred in the two groups; serum ALT, AST and ALP levels in the observation group were (44.3±10.5)U/L, (27.4±2.8)U/L and (70.6±14.5)U/L, all significantly lower than [(56.6±15.3)U/L,(49.1±2.9)U/L and (82.5±8.7)U/L, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; at the end of one month after chemotherapy, serum ALT and AST levels in the observation group were (33.5±5.8)U/L and (23.4±2.5)U/L, both significantly lower than [(42.6±7.7)U/L and (37.7±3.2)U/L, respectively,P<0.05] in the control; after treatment, serum CA199, CA125, CA724 and CEA levels in the two groups were not significantly different(P>0.05), while serum IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α levels in the observation group were (3.9±0.5)ng/L,(57.3±5.8)ng/L and (3.4±0.4)ng/L, all significantly lower than [(5.7±0.6)ng/L, (84.2±8.5)ng/L and (6.7±0.8)ng/L, respectively, P<0.05] in the control group. Conclusion The application of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate in preventing and treating patients with AGC undergoing chemotherapy is efficacious, which might be related to the inhibition of body inflammatory reactions.

Key words: Drug-induced liver injury, Gastric cancer, Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate, Cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, Therapy