a decreasing trendp-value = 0.1
After three treatment courses, we observed a significant decline in CD4 + T cells, B cells, and neutrophils [absolute mean difference (MD) = −4.46%, p-value = 0.0035; MD = −2.5%, p-value = 0.027; and MD = −13.03%, p-value = 0.04, respectively) and a decreasing trend for monocytes (MD = −3.88%, p-value = 0.1).