LIU Ying 1,2,3 , SU Lin 1,2 , LIU Shuang 1,2 , WANG Yuting 1,2 , DONG Birong 1,2
  • 1. The Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 2. National Clinical Research Center of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 3. The First Hospital Affiliated to AMU, Chongqing, 400038, P.R.China;
DONG Birong, Email: birongdong@163.com
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Objectives To systematically review the efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.Methods Databases including PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, VIP, CNKI and WanFang Data were electronically searched from inception to August 2018 to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on ciprofloxacin in the treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias of included studies. Then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software.Results A total of 9 RCTs involving 1 666 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: compared with control group, the ciprofloxacin more efficiently eradicate bacteria from sputum (RR=4.34, 95%CI 2.04 to 9.23, P=0.000 1), decrease risk of the exacerbations (RR=0.81, 95%CI 0.71 to 0.93, P=0.002) and the mean bacterial load (MD=–4.08, 95%CI –6.29 to –1.87, P=0.001). However, there were no significant differences between two groups in clinical efficiency and adverse events.Conclusions The current evidence shows that, ciprofloxacin can decrease the mean bacterial load and risk of the exacerbation, and more efficiently eradicate bacteria from sputum in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis patients. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more studies are required to verify the conclusions.

Citation: LIU Ying, SU Lin, LIU Shuang, WANG Yuting, DONG Birong. Efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(5): 557-564. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201806093 Copy

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