SSRI Antidepressant Fluoxetine Improving Immunotherapy Efficacy in Advanced Hepatobiliary Malignancy Patients With Depression and Anxiety

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18 to 80 years old, both male and female are acceptable.
• The histopathological/cytological diagnosis is hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatocellular carcinoma can be diagnosed by imaging.
• Patients with metastatic advanced or locally advanced liver and gallbladder malignancies;
• No treatment has been received and a first-line treatment regimen including PD-1 inhibitors /PD-L1 inhibitors is planned to be carried out;
• Patients with a PHQ-9 score of ≥10 or a GAD-7 score of ≥8, that is, those with positive screening for depression or anxiety;
• At least one lesion measurable by CT or MRI (with a maximum diameter of ≥0.5cm);
• ECOG: 0-2;
• Child-Pugh score ≤7 points;
• The expected survival period is ≥12 weeks.
• Baseline blood cell count tests and blood biochemistry must meet the following standards:1) White blood cell count ≥3.0×10^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥90 g/L;2) Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×10^9/L;3) Platelet count ≥100×10^9/L;4) Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times the upper limit of the normal upper limit (ULN);5) Total bilirubin ≤ twice ULN;6) Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN; Albumin ≥30 g/L;
• The subjects voluntarily joined this study, signed the informed consent form, had good compliance and cooperated with the follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

• Those with uncorrectable coagulation dysfunction and a distinct bleeding tendency;
• Patients who currently have unstable or active ulcers or gastrointestinal bleeding;
• Severe functional insufficiency of vital organs, such as severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency, etc;
• Patients with hepatic encephalopathy or intractable ascites requiring treatment;
• A history of mental disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and active suicidal ideation;
• Patients with active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (active is defined as a viral load > 20,000 IU/mL), or those who are positive for HBV or HCV and refuse to receive standardized antiviral treatment;
• Unable to swallow oral medication;
• Patients allergic to fluoxetine;
• Currently using drugs that may have serious interactions with fluoxetine;
• The researchers assessed that the patient was unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the research protocol.