BACKGROUND As a first-line treatment regimen for Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)infection,antibiotic therapy is widely used worldwide.However,the question of increasing antibiotic resistance must be considered.Given thi...BACKGROUND As a first-line treatment regimen for Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)infection,antibiotic therapy is widely used worldwide.However,the question of increasing antibiotic resistance must be considered.Given this issue,we need to find ways to reduce drug resistance.This study examined all currently available first-line regimens and compared them with standard triple treatment through a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials(RCTs).AIM To compare first-line treatment regimens for eradication of antibiotic-resistant H.pylori strains.METHODS To compare the effectiveness of the first-line regimens for treating H.pylori infection,a Bayesian network meta-analysis was applied to process data extracted from RCTs.The plausible ranking for each regimen was assessed by the surface under the cumulative ranking curve(SUCRA).In addition,we conducted a relevant search by reference citation analysis.RESULTS Twenty-five RCTs involving 12029 participants[including 1602 infected with clarithromycin(CAM)-resistant strains and 1716 infected with metronidazole(MNZ)-resistant strains]were included,in which a total of seven regimens were used for H.pylori eradication.The results showed that dual therapy containing a high-dose proton pump inhibitor(HDDT)[odds ratio(OR):4.20,95%confidence interval(CI):2.29-8.13]was superior to other therapies for all patients,including those with CAM/MNZ-resistant H.pylori infection.In the comparative effectiveness ranking,for CAM-resistant H.pylori,HDDT(OR:96.80,95%CI:22.46-521.9)had the best results,whereas standard triple therapy ranked last(SUCRA:98.7%vs 0.3%).In the subgroup of high cure rates(≥90%),HDDT was also generally better than other therapies.CONCLUSION For the eradication of CAM-and MNZ-resistant H.pylori strains,HDDT exhibited considerable advantages.The studies of CAM-resistant H.pylori were based on small samples due to a lack of antibiotic sensitivity tests in many RCTs,but the results showed that all patients,including those with CAM-resistant H.pylori infection,ha展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND As a first-line treatment regimen for Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)infection,antibiotic therapy is widely used worldwide.However,the question of increasing antibiotic resistance must be considered.Given this issue,we need to find ways to reduce drug resistance.This study examined all currently available first-line regimens and compared them with standard triple treatment through a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials(RCTs).AIM To compare first-line treatment regimens for eradication of antibiotic-resistant H.pylori strains.METHODS To compare the effectiveness of the first-line regimens for treating H.pylori infection,a Bayesian network meta-analysis was applied to process data extracted from RCTs.The plausible ranking for each regimen was assessed by the surface under the cumulative ranking curve(SUCRA).In addition,we conducted a relevant search by reference citation analysis.RESULTS Twenty-five RCTs involving 12029 participants[including 1602 infected with clarithromycin(CAM)-resistant strains and 1716 infected with metronidazole(MNZ)-resistant strains]were included,in which a total of seven regimens were used for H.pylori eradication.The results showed that dual therapy containing a high-dose proton pump inhibitor(HDDT)[odds ratio(OR):4.20,95%confidence interval(CI):2.29-8.13]was superior to other therapies for all patients,including those with CAM/MNZ-resistant H.pylori infection.In the comparative effectiveness ranking,for CAM-resistant H.pylori,HDDT(OR:96.80,95%CI:22.46-521.9)had the best results,whereas standard triple therapy ranked last(SUCRA:98.7%vs 0.3%).In the subgroup of high cure rates(≥90%),HDDT was also generally better than other therapies.CONCLUSION For the eradication of CAM-and MNZ-resistant H.pylori strains,HDDT exhibited considerable advantages.The studies of CAM-resistant H.pylori were based on small samples due to a lack of antibiotic sensitivity tests in many RCTs,but the results showed that all patients,including those with CAM-resistant H.pylori infection,ha
