Abstract:Objective To analyze the clinical efficacy of herombopag in the treatment of grade III and IV thrombocytopenia following chemotherapy for solid tumors.Methods Retrospective analysis of the medical records of 98 patients with grade III and IV thrombocytopenia following chemotherapy for solid tumors admitted to Baotou Cancer Hospital from June 2022 to June 2023. According to the treatment regimen, they were divided into a control group (48 cases) and an observation group (50 cases). The control group received subcutaneous injections of recombinant human thrombopoietin, while the observation group was additionally treated with oral herombopag olamine tablets. After 4 weeks of treatment, the platelet count, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, levels of thrombopoietin (TPO), signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), and mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), frequencies of CD3+ and CD4+ T cells, the CD4+/CD8+ T cells ratio, the bleeding risk grade, and the incidence of adverse reactions were compared between two groups of patients.Results The differences of platelet count, mean platelet volume, and platelet distribution width before and after the treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and the differences of the levels of TPO, STAT3, and MAPK before and after the treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The difference of the CD4+/CD8+ T cells ratio before and after the treatment in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of the frequencies of CD3+ and CD4+ T cells before and after the treatment were not different between the two groups (P > 0.05). The bleeding risk grade in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions The use of herombopag in the treatment of patients with grade III and IV thrombocytopenia following chemotherapy for solid tumors facilitates the increase of the platelet count and has a good safety profile.