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Table 2 Assessment method of administration of included studies

From: Thoracic injection of low-dose interleukin-2 as an adjuvant therapy improves the control of the malignant pleural effusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis base on Chinese patients

Study

Trial group (N)

Control Group(N)

Interventions (Groups)

Treatment cycle

Termination of treatment

Cisplatin+IL-2

Cisplatin alone

Changjie H 2001 [15]

30

30

Cisplatin: 50Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 50Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Xiuzhi Y 2001 [16]

40

20

Cisplatin: 40Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 40Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Zhuo S 2004 [17]

32

30

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 30Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 30Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Junyan W 2005 [18]

48

34

Cisplatin: 80-100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 30Ā mL

IL-2: 2ā€“3 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 80-100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 30Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Haiying X 2009 [19]

35

28

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 20Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Xiaoxia H 2009 [20]

37

35

Cisplatin: 100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 1 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Lizheng C 2009 [21]

46

40

Cisplatin: 50Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2ā€“3 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 50Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Jinguang C 2009 [22]

31

31

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Junfeng W 2010 [23]

41

41

Cisplatin: 60-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2ā€“3 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 60-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Jingping Z 2010 [24]

63

61

Cisplatin: 40-60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 1 million units+NS 40Ā mL

Cisplatin 40ā€“60ā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Cheng X 2010 [25]

31

31

Cisplatin: 60-100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 1ā€“2 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 60-100Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰1Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Fang S 2011 [26]

30

30

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 40Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Xueling L 2011 [27]

34

34

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Yan Q 2011 [28]

41

35

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 40Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 40Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Li J 2013 [29]

38

35

Cisplatin: 60-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 1ā€“2 million units+NS 20Ā mL

Cisplatin 60-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Lijie H 2014 [30]

30

30

Cisplatin: 40-60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2 million units+NS 50Ā mL

Cisplatin 40-60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰2Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Miao H 2016 [31]

31

30

Cisplatin: 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2ā€“3 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 60Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

Baohua Y 2017 [32]

33

33

Cisplatin: 70-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

IL-2: 2ā€“3 million units+NS 30Ā mL

Cisplatin 70-80Ā mgā€‰+ā€‰NS 50Ā mL

1/week

>ā€‰3Ā cycles, or

pleural effusion disappeared

  1. N numbers of patients, IL-2 interleukin-2, NS normal saline