In elderly surgical patients with abdominal or retroperitoneal tumors, preoperative Thymogen helped restore structural and functional cellular immunity parameters.
In plain wordsIn elderly surgical patients with tumors, Thymogen helped restore cellular immunity parameters compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Thymogen (oglufanide)
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedCellular immunity parameters
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- 100 mg once a day · intranasal instillation · 7 days before surgeryAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The preoperative use of Thymogen proved to be useful to restore the structural and functional parameters of cellular immunity.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The drug has been administered by intranasal instillation of 100 mg once a day for 7 days before surgery.
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of Thymogen preparation for elderly patients for surgery on the solid tumors in abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space was carried out.