| Chemotherapy + AC (n = 17) | p-valuea | Chemotherapy + placebo (n = 20) | p-valuea | p-valueb | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-test | Post-test | Pre-test | Post-test | ||||
Hematological | |||||||
 WBC (103/ul) | 6.1 ± 2.64 | 11.55 ± 1.30 | 0.38 | 5.75 ± 3.23 | 11.47 ± 1.48 | 0.34 | 0.10 |
 Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 11.57 ± 1.17 | 6.17 ± 2.77 | 0.43 | 11.75 ± 2.03 | 5.69 ± 2.16 | 0.77 | 0.79 |
 Platelet (103/ul) | 179.11 ± 65.11 | 141.71 ± 63.47 | <.001 | 201 ± 68.97 | 196.55 ± 74.47 | 0.33 | 0.02 |
 Non-hematological | |||||||
Bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.64 ± 0.17 | 0.79 ± 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.49 ± 0.19 | 0.62 ± 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.62 |
 AST (u/l) | 37.88 ± 22.01 | 39.62 ± 26.38 | 0.33 | 27.75 ± 11.68 | 26.50 ± 9.73 | 0.30 | 0.07 |
 ALT (u/l) | 29.70 ± 17.50 | 28.70 ± 15.46 | 0.14 | 20.33 ± 10.28 | 29.89 ± 9.46 | 0.42 | 0.09 |
 Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.82 ± 0.29 | 0.86 ± 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.72 ± .17 | 0.78 ± 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.73 |
 Body weight (kg) | 61.98 ± 9.09 | 61.24 ± 9.13 | 0.21 | 60.36 ± 11.11 | 59.45 ± 11.36 | 0.13 | 0.53 |