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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (7): 660-668.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20220012

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Meta analysis of efficacy and safety of the treatment containing bedaquiline for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

YU Chun-hong1, LIU Xing2(), SHEN Ling-jun2(), LI Hai-wen2, LI Xie1, WU Rong-shuang1, LI Xian-rui1, FAN Hao1   

  1. 1Dali University School of Pharmacy, Dali 671000
    2Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Clinical Medicine Center, Kunming Third People’s Hospital, Kunming 650041, China
  • Received:2022-01-23 Online:2022-07-10 Published:2022-07-06
  • Contact: LIU Xing,SHEN Ling-jun E-mail:254914514@qq.com;m18608770202@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Scientific Research Fund of Yunnan Education Department(2022J0726);Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Project(2018010070280);Health Scientific Research Project of Kunming Municipal Health Committee(2021-03-02-003)

Abstract:

Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment containing bedaquiline for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-PTB). Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of bedaquiline-containing regimens for the treatment of MDR-PTB were searched and collected from Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, VIP and China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM)) and English databases (The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase). The retrieval time was from the establishment of the database to December 2021. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of the literature. RevMan 5.4 software was used to analyze the heterogeneity of the included data, and the publication bias. Results: A total of 802 patients were included in 10 articles. Meta-analysis results showed that compared with conventional anti-tuberculosis regimens, bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR-PTB could increase the negative conversion rate of sputum at the end of 12 weeks after treatment (OR=3.17, 95%CI: 1.85-5.43, P<0.01), improve the negative rate of sputum bacteria at the end of 24 weeks after treatment (OR=4.09, 95%CI: 2.74-6.12, P<0.01), the cavity closure rate (OR=3.11, 95%CI: 1.68-5.74, P<0.01), the absorption rate of lesions (OR=4.44, 95%CI: 2.40-8.22, P<0.01) and clinical cure rate (OR=4.15, 95%CI: 2.27-7.58, P<0.01), and reduce the level of mortality (OR=5.22, 95%CI: 1.16-16.96, P<0.01). However, there was no significant difference in sputum negative conversion rate at the end of 8 weeks after treatment (OR=1.79, 95%CI: 0.98-3.26, P=0.06) and incidence of adverse drug reactions (OR=2.72, 95%CI: 0.61-12.19, P=0.19) at the end of 8 weeks after treatment with bedaquiline-containing regimens for MDR-PTB. Conclusion: Compared with conventional anti-tuberculosis treatment, the chemotherapy regimens containing bedaquiline for MDR-PTB help to accelerate the negative conversion of sputum bacteria and improve the clinical efficacy, with no increase in adverse reactions; however, ECG should be closely monitored to be alert to the cardiotoxicity of bedaquiline.

Key words: Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant, Treatment outcome, Safety, Meta-analysis as topic, Bedaquiline