Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) that occurs during cancer therapy prevents continuation of therapy, contributing to a worse prognosis. While recombinant human-soluble thrombomodulin (rhTM), a new DIC drug, has occasionally shown its efficacy in DIC associated with infection and blood cancer, its efficacy in patients with solid tumors has been unproven. This review presents the results on the efficacy and safety of rhTM as a DIC drug in patients with solid tumors that have been confirmed by the clinical data of three previous reports. The number of cases in each study was 101, 123 and 40. The respective DIC resolution rate was 34.0%, 35.2% and 32.5%, and the 28-day survival rate was 55.4%, 52.0% and 40.0%. Although comparison with other anti-DIC therapies is required, rhTM therapy is considered one of the treatment options of DIC in patients with solid tumors.
Keywords: Recombinant human-soluble thrombomodulin; disseminated intravascular coagulation; review; solid tumor; tissue factor.
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