Effects of branched‐chain amino acids on postoperative tumor recurrence in patients undergoing curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: A randomized clinical trial
| Autor: | Yuhki Sakuraoka, Kyung Hwa Park, Kazuma Tago, Hiroyuki Hachiya, Yukihiro Iso, Takayuki Shimizu, Takayuki Shiraki, Keiichi Kubota, Shozo Mori, Taku Aoki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Carcinoma Hepatocellular medicine.medical_treatment Gastroenterology law.invention Impaired glucose tolerance 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Oral administration Internal medicine medicine Clinical endpoint Humans Survival analysis Hepatology business.industry Liver Neoplasms medicine.disease Log-rank test 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Hepatocellular carcinoma 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Neoplasm Recurrence Local Hepatectomy business Amino Acids Branched-Chain |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 27:819-829 |
| ISSN: | 1868-6982 1868-6974 |
| Popis: | Background/purpose No effective postoperative adjuvant therapies have been established for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of oral administration of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) on the recurrence-free survival (RFS) after hepatic resection in HCC patients. Methods In this randomized clinical trial, HCC patients undergoing curative resections were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the BCAA group or surgery-alone group. The BCAA group received BCAA (Livact® ) for up to 4 years. The primary endpoint was RFS. The secondary endpoint was overall survival (OS). Multivariate analysis was performed to detect the clinical characteristics significantly associated with RFS. Results Between January 2010 and October 2014, 156 patients (75 in BCAA group and 81 in surgery-alone group) were enrolled in the study. Of these, two patients were excluded from the efficacy analysis. Comparison of the survival curves by the log rank test demonstrated no significant difference in the RFS (P = .579) or OS (P = .268) between the BCAA and the control group. Multivariate analysis revealed that the RFS was significantly associated with age and number of tumors. A beneficial effect of BCAA on the RFS was found in patients younger than 72 years old with a HbA1c level of Conclusions Oral BCAA supplementation could not reduce the risk of recurrence after hepatic resection in HCC patients; however, the results suggested that BCAA supplementation may be beneficial for selected patients who were younger and had mildly impaired glucose tolerance. |
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