Efficacy of pidotimod in children: a systematic review based on 310 RCTs_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

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YI Qiusha ^1,2,3,4 , YANG Chunsong ^1,2,3 , ZENG Linan ^1,2,3 , CHEN Lina ⁶ , QIAO Lina ⁷ , HUANG Liang ^1,2,3 , SONG Haoxin ^1,2,3,5 , LIN Mao ^1,2,3,5 , LI Wenrui ^1,2,3,5 , MI Xue ^1,2,3,4 ,  ZHANG Lingli ^1,2,3

1. Department of Pharmacy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
2. Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
3. Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
4. West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
5. West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
6. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
7. Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

ZHANG Lingli, Email: zhanglingli@scu.edu.cn

Keywords：

Children; Pidotimod; Meta-analysis; Systematic review; Randomized controlled trial

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10.7507/1672-2531.201810058

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Objective To systematically review the efficacy of pidotimod in children.Methods PubMed, The Cochrane Library, EMbase, CNKI, CBM, VIP and WanFang Data databases were searched online to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on pidotimod in children from inception to January, 2018. 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 A total of 310 RCTs involving 30 525 children were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, compared with conventional therapy, conventional therapy combined with pidotimod could not improve the efficacy of children with respiratory infections (RR=1.78, 95%CI 0.99 to 3.20, P>0.05). However, pidotimod could significantly reduce the number of respiratory tract infection (MD=−2.79, 95%CI −3.12 to −2.46, P<0.05), shorten the time of respiratory tract infection (MD=−4.15, 95%CI −4.72 to −3.58, P<0.05), and the time of fever (MD=−1.47, 95%CI −1.77 to −1.17, P<0.05) in recurrent respiratory tract infection. Pidotimod could also reduce the time of fever (MD=−0.90, 95%CI −1.60 to −0.20, P<0.05) in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, the time of fever (MD=−1.51, 95%CI −1.91 to −1.11, P<0.05) in children with hand-foot-mouth disease, and reduce the incidence of anaphylactoid purpura followed up for 6 months (RR=0.42, 95%CI 0.30 to 0.61, P<0.05) in children with anaphylactoid purpura. However, there was no significant difference between two groups in the recurrence of asthma for 1 year follow-up (RR=0.80, 95%CI 0.60 to 1.06, P>0.05).Conclusion Current evidence shows that pidotimod may be effective for children with respiratory tract infection, asthma, hand-foot-mouth disease, could reduce disease relapse and relieve symptoms related to illness.

Citation： YI Qiusha, YANG Chunsong, ZENG Linan, CHEN Lina, QIAO Lina, HUANG Liang, SONG Haoxin, LIN Mao, LI Wenrui, MI Xue, ZHANG Lingli. Efficacy of pidotimod in children: a systematic review based on 310 RCTs. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(5): 571-577. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201810058 Copy

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2. Migliorati G, Nicoletti I, Riccardi C. Immunomodulating activity of pidotimod. Arzneimittelforschung, 1994, 44(12A): 1421-1424.
3. Migliorati G, D'Adamio L, Coppi G, et al. Pidotimod stimulates natural killer cell activity and inhibits thymocyte cell death. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol, 1992, 14(4): 737-748.
4. Giagulli C, Noerder M, Avolio M, et al. Pidotimod promotes functional maturation of dendritic cells and displays adjuvant properties at the nasal mucosa level. Int Immunopharmacol, 2009, 9(12): 1366-1373.
5. Zuccotti GV, Mameli C, Trabattoni D, et al. Immunomodulating activity of Pidotimod in children with Down syndrome. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents, 2013, 27(1): 253-258.
6. Carta S, Silvestri M, Rossi GA. Modulation of airway epithelial cell functions by Pidotimod: NF-kB cytoplasmatic expression and its nuclear translocation are associated with an increased TLR-2 expression. Ital J Pediatr, 2013, 39(1): 29.
7. 徐小军, 赵志刚, 徐建中. 匹多莫德(万适宁)的药理作用及其临床应用. 中国医院用药评价与分析, 2003, 3(2): 115-117.
8. Mameli C, Pasinato A, Picca M, et al. Pidotimod for the prevention of acute respiratory infections in healthy children entering into daycare: A double blind randomized placebo-controlled study. Pharmacol Res, 2015, 97: 79-83.
9. Namazova-Baranova LS, Alekseeva AA, Kharit SM, et al. Efficacy and safety of pidotimod in the prevention of recurrent respiratory infections in children: a multicentre study. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol, 2014, 27(3): 413-419.
10. 曲建平. 匹多莫德对预防反复呼吸道感染儿童疗效观察. 内蒙古医学杂志, 2009, 41(S7): 85-86.
11. 季伟, 赵德育, 沈照波, 等. 酪酸梭菌588预防婴幼儿反复呼吸道感染多中心随机对照研究. 儿科药学杂志, 2015, 21(4): 13-17.
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