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. 2022 Jan 4;2022(1):CD013345. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013345.pub2

Peng 2017.

Methods Study design: Randomised clinical trial
Study duration: December 2013 to June 26
Duration of follow‐up: 1 month
Setting: Hospital
Participants Age (mean ± SD, range): 65.5 ± 3.5 years, 21‐80 years
Male (n/total): 34/64
Interventions TACE + MWA group (n = 32):
TACE: Chemotherapeutic drugs: cisplatin 30‐60 mg, mitomycin 4‐10 mg, and adriamycin 10‐50 mg.
MWA: DSA/CT‐guided MWA. Frequency of 40‐60 Hz, 6‐10 minutes per MWA session
TACE group (n = 32):
Chemotherapeutic drugs: cisplatin 30‐60 mg, mitomycin 4‐10 mg, and adriamycin 10‐50 mg
Outcomes Tumour response, classified as complete response, partial response, stable disease, and progression, measured at 4 weeks after treatment
Adverse events
Liver function
2‐year survival rate and metastasis rate
Notes Country of study: China
Source of funding: Maoming Medical Project
There was insufficient information available to satisfactorily determine the method of randomisation and the study data could not be verified. We have attempted to contact the study authors for more information, but so far, we have not been successful in doing this.