Table 3 Adverse events at day 7 during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th cycle of chemotherapy.

From: Effects of Chinese Medicine as Adjunct Medication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy Treatments of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Adverse Event

Intervention group

Control group

P-value

n

Grade 0

Grade 1 or 2

Grade 3 or 4

n

Grade 0

Grade 1 or 2

Grade 3 or 4

1st cycle

128

   

129

    

 Pain

 

114 (89.1%)

14 (10.9%)

0

 

107 (76.98%)

32 (23.0%)

0

<0.05

2nd cycle

120

   

124

    

 Hb

 

77 (64.20%)

16 (13.3%)

27 (22.50%)

 

107 (79.9%)

11 (8.2%)

16 (11.90%)

<0.05

 Bilirubin

 

56 (46.7%)

5 (4.2%)

59 (49.20%)

 

84 (55.1%)

2 (2.8%)

48 (42.1%)

<0.05

 Dry mouth

 

104 (86.7%)

15 (12.5%)

0

 

97 (72.4%)

37 (27.6%)

0

<0.01

3rd cycle

114

   

126

    

 Vomiting

 

84 (73.7%)

27 (23.7%)

2 (1.8%)

 

71 (56.35%)

55 (43.7%)

0

<0.01

 Diarrhea

 

112 (98.2%)

1 (0.9%)

0

 

116 (92.10)

10 (7.9%)

0

<0.05

4th cycle

105

   

122

    

 Dry mouth

 

93 (88.6%)

10 (9.5%)

0

 

99 (81.1%)

23 (18.9%)

0

<0.05

  1. Hb = Hemoglobin B.