• 1. Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi 563003, China;
  • 2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, People's Hospital of Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China;
  • 3. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, MOE Virtual Research Center of Evidence-Based Medicine at Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi 563003, China;
CHENAn-hai, Email: 490027214@qq.com
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Objective To systematically review the efficacy and safety of probiotics-containing rescue regimen for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection. Methods We electronically searched PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), CBM, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP databases, and Chinese Clinical Trial Register (ChiCTR) and ClinicalTrial.gov from inception to December 2015, to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about probiotics-containing rescue regimen for the eradication of Hp infection. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results Eleven RCTs involving 1888 patients were finally included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: Compared with the control group, probiotics-containing rescue regimen could significantly increase the eradication rate (ITT analysis: 80.3% vs. 69.3%, RR =1.15, 95%CI 1.10 to 1.22, P<0.00001; PP analysis: 86.5% vs. 74.3%, RR=1.16, 95%CI 1.11 to 1.22, P<0.00001), and decrease the incidence of total adverse reaction (ITT analysis: 19% vs. 29.2%, RR=0.60, 95%CI 0.40 to 0.91, P=0.02). Sensitivity analysis showed that the result was relatively stable. Publication bias test showed no evidence of substantial publication bias. Conclusion Current evidence indicates that probiotics-containing rescue regimen may contribute to improve eradication rate of Hp infection patients, and may reduce the occurrence of major gastrointestinal associated adverse reaction. Due to the limited quality and quantity of included studies, more high-quality RCTs are needed to verify the above conclusion.

Citation: ZHOUBen-gang, CHENG-jiao, LIUMei, GUOPeng, XIAOZheng, CHENAn-hai. Probiotics-containing Rescue Regimen for the Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori Infection: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(5): 550-556. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160085 Copy

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