• 1. Department of Pharmacy, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P. R. China;
  • 2. School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, P. R. China;
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and side-effects of levofloxacin-based triple therapy as rescue regimen for Helicobacter pylori, and to compare it with the quadruple therapy. Methods Science Direct, PubMed, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI, developed by Chongqing VIP Company), and Wanfang Database were electronically searched from January 2000 to September 2013. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) were focused on the eradication rate and adverse effects of levofloxacin-based regimens and generally recommended quadruple therapy after failure to eradicate Helicobacter pylori for one or more times. Two reviewers independently screened studies according to exclusion and inclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality. Then, meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.0 software. Results Fourteen literatures involving 1 402 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that the levofloxacin-based group was better than the quadruple therapy group [RR=1.16, 95%CI (1.04, 1.30), P=0.009]. In addition, the adverse effects of levofloxacin group was less than the quadruple therapy group[OR=0.44, 95%CI (0.24, 0.81), P=0.008]. Conclusion After the failure of eradication of Helicobacter pylori, levofloxacin-based rescue regimen is more effective and better tolerated than the generally recommended quadruple therapy.

Citation: LÜBi-hua, ZHUHui, ZENGJing. Curative Effect of Levofloxacin-based Triple Therapy as Rescue Regimen for Helicobacter pylori: A Meta-analysis. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(3): 432-437. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150126 Copy

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