In mice with peritoneal metastases of colorectal carcinoma, overall survival in Tα1-treated mice was longer than in HIPEC-treated mice.
In plain wordsIn mice with colorectal cancer spread, mice given thymosin alpha‑1 lived longer than mice given heated chemotherapy only.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseOverall survival
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
Murine peritoneal metastases of colorectal carcinoma with mitomycin-based HIPEC- Comparator
- HIPEC-treated mice
- Outcome group
- Mortality · Cancer
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Overall survival
- 16.3 days
- Tα1-treated
- Overall survival
- 14.1 days
- HIPEC-treated
Source sentences
The OS of Tα1 treated mice significantly improved compared to HIPEC-treated mice (16.3 ± 0.8 vs 14.1 ± 0.6 days, respectively, P = 0.02)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We used an experimental murine model of PM-CRC combined with mitomycin (MMC)-based HIPEC.