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Table 3 Toxic and adverse effects in the patients in the two study groups

From: Preliminary investigation of intraperitoneal raltitrexed in patients with gastric cancer

Parameter

Raltitrexed group (RT) nā€‰=ā€‰48

Normal saline group (NS) nā€‰=ā€‰43

P value

Hematologic toxicity

Ā Ā Ā 

RBC (10 12 /L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

3.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.22

3.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

>0.05

Postoperative

3.49ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.21

3.56ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.24

>0.05

WBC (10 9 /L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

4.73ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.46

4.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.54

>0.05

Postoperative

6.29ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.63

6.70ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.52

>0.05

Platelet count (10 9 /L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

183.09ā€‰Ā±ā€‰27.19

178.22ā€‰Ā±ā€‰28.24

>0.05

Postoperative

196.15ā€‰Ā±ā€‰25.28

192.36ā€‰Ā±ā€‰23.75

>0.05

Renal toxicity BUN (mmol/L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

4.38ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.72

4.46ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.75

>0.05

Postoperative

4.87ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.04

4.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.84

>0.05

Renal toxicity Creatinine (Ī¼mol/L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

76.24ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.67

73.46ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.95

>0.05

Postoperative

78.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.44

74.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.14

>0.05

Hepatotoxicity (U/L)

Ā Ā Ā 

ALT

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

21.36ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.78

19.92ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.84

>0.05

Postoperative

24.35ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.02

22.01ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.65

>0.05

LDH (mmol/L)

Ā Ā Ā 

Preoperative

186.46ā€‰Ā±ā€‰27.19

192.34ā€‰Ā±ā€‰32.45

>0.05

Postoperative

191.24ā€‰Ā±ā€‰26.76

190.56ā€‰Ā±ā€‰30.12

>0.05

  1. Note: One case was found with low granulocyte count in each of the two groups, and another case in group A was found with low hemoglobin level.
  2. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.