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ArticleCancer management and research2026

Jianpi Rougan Method in Support of Lenvatinib Therapy: A Real-World Study on Maintaining Relative Dose Intensity and Mitigating Toxicity-Driven Discontinuation in Intermediate-to-Advanced HCC.

Tianbin Zhang, Peng Kuang

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Tianbin ZhangDepartment of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310005, People's Republic of China.
Peng KuangDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'an Central People's Hospital, Ji'an, Jiangxi, 343000, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0001-4100-9920

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Purpose: To investigate the effects of Jianpi Rougan method on lenvatinib (LEN) relative dose intensity (RDI), toxicity-related treatment discontinuation, and treatment tolerability in intermediate-to-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: A real-world, retrospective study was conducted on 152 intermediate-to-advanced HCC patients receiving LEN. Patients were grouped based on concurrent use of Jianpi Rougan decoction (combined, n = 73) or not (monotherapy, n = 79). Primary endpoints were RDI at weeks 8, 12, and overall, and the proportion of RDI ≥ 80%. Secondary endpoints included toxicity-related discontinuation, adverse events, and short-term efficacy (objective response rate, ORR; disease control rate, DCR). Propensity score matching (PSM, 1:1) was employed to balance baseline confounders. Results: After PSM (65 pairs, n = 130), baseline characteristics were balanced. The combined group showed significantly higher RDI at week 12 ( Conclusion: Jianpi Rougan method combined with LEN was associated with improved RDI, lower rates of toxicity-related treatment discontinuation, and enhanced treatment persistence in real-world practice, supporting its role as a feasible integrative strategy to maintain targeted therapy intensity.

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integrative Chinese and western medicineintermediate-to-advanced hepatocellular carcinomaJianpi Rougan methodlenvatinibreal-world studyrelative dose intensitytoxicity-related discontinuationtreatment tolerability

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