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Horváth IL, Bunduc S, Fehérvári P, Váncsa S, Nagy R, Garmaa G, Kleiner D, Hegyi P, Erőss B, Csupor D. The combination of ulinastatin and somatostatin reduces complication rates in acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17979. [PMID: 36289288 PMCID: PMC9606296 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22341-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Currently, there is no specific pharmaceutical agent for treating acute pancreatitis (AP). Somatostatin and its analogues have been used to prevent the autolysis of the pancreas in AP, however, their effectiveness has not been confirmed. This investigation aimed to examine the efficacy of ulinastatin, a protease inhibitor, combined with somatostatin analogues in the treatment of AP. We conducted a systematic database search in 4 databases to identify randomized controlled trials in which the efficacy of ulinastatin in combination with somatostatin analogue was compared to somatostatin analogue alone in patients with AP. Since the patient populations of analysed papers were slightly different, we used random effect models to pool odds ratios (OR) and mean differences (MD) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). A total of 9 articles comprising 1037 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The combination therapy significantly reduced the complication rates for acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, and multiple organ dysfunction. Symptoms were relieved threefold with the combination therapy compared to somatostatin alone, and combination therapy significantly shortened the length of hospital stay. The decrease in mortality was not statistically significant..
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Affiliation(s)
- István László Horváth
- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,University Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Administration, Hőgyes Endre utca 7-9, 1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Baross út 22-24, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.8194.40000 0000 9828 7548Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dionisie Lupu Street 37, 020021 Bucharest, Romania ,grid.415180.90000 0004 0540 9980Fundeni Clinical Institute, Fundeni Street 258, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.483037.b0000 0001 2226 5083Budapest Department of Biomathematics and Informatics, University of Veterinary Medicine, István utca 2, 1078 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Baross út 22-24, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary ,grid.413987.00000 0004 0573 5145Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Üllői út 86, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
| | - Gantsetseg Garmaa
- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,University Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Administration, Hőgyes Endre utca 7-9, 1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Baross út 22-24, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Baross út 22-24, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
| | - Dezső Csupor
- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.9679.10000 0001 0663 9479Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12, 7624 Pécs, Hungary ,grid.9008.10000 0001 1016 9625Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szikra utca 8, 6725 Szeged, Hungary
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Moggia E, Koti R, Belgaumkar AP, Fazio F, Pereira SP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS. Pharmacological interventions for acute pancreatitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017; 4:CD011384. [PMID: 28431202 PMCID: PMC6478067 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011384.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND In people with acute pancreatitis, it is unclear what the role should be for medical treatment as an addition to supportive care such as fluid and electrolyte balance and organ support in people with organ failure. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of different pharmacological interventions in people with acute pancreatitis. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, 2016, Issue 9), MEDLINE, Embase, Science Citation Index Expanded, and trial registers to October 2016 to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs). We also searched the references of included trials to identify further trials. SELECTION CRITERIA We considered only RCTs performed in people with acute pancreatitis, irrespective of aetiology, severity, presence of infection, language, blinding, or publication status for inclusion in the review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently identified trials and extracted data. We did not perform a network meta-analysis as planned because of the lack of information on potential effect modifiers and differences of type of participants included in the different comparisons, when information was available. We calculated the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the binary outcomes and rate ratios with 95% CIs for count outcomes using a fixed-effect model and random-effects model. MAIN RESULTS We included 84 RCTs with 8234 participants in this review. Six trials (N = 658) did not report any of the outcomes of interest for this review. The remaining 78 trials excluded 210 participants after randomisation. Thus, a total of 7366 participants in 78 trials contributed to one or more outcomes for this review. The treatments assessed in these 78 trials included antibiotics, antioxidants, aprotinin, atropine, calcitonin, cimetidine, EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), gabexate, glucagon, iniprol, lexipafant, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), octreotide, oxyphenonium, probiotics, activated protein C, somatostatin, somatostatin plus omeprazole, somatostatin plus ulinastatin, thymosin, ulinastatin, and inactive control. Apart from the comparison of antibiotics versus control, which included a large proportion of participants with necrotising pancreatitis, the remaining comparisons had only a small proportion of patients with this condition. Most trials included either only participants with severe acute pancreatitis or included a mixture of participants with mild acute pancreatitis and severe acute pancreatitis (75 trials). Overall, the risk of bias in trials was unclear or high for all but one of the trials. SOURCE OF FUNDING seven trials were not funded or funded by agencies without vested interest in results. Pharmaceutical companies partially or fully funded 21 trials. The source of funding was not available from the remaining trials.Since we considered short-term mortality as the most important outcome, we presented only these results in detail in the abstract. Sixty-seven studies including 6638 participants reported short-term mortality. There was no evidence of any differences in short-term mortality in any of the comparisons (very low-quality evidence). With regards to other primary outcomes, serious adverse events (number) were lower than control in participants taking lexipafant (rate ratio 0.67, 95% CI 0.46 to 0.96; N = 290; 1 study; very low-quality evidence), octreotide (rate ratio 0.74, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.89; N = 770; 5 studies; very low-quality evidence), somatostatin plus omeprazole (rate ratio 0.36, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.70; N = 140; 1 study; low-quality evidence), and somatostatin plus ulinastatin (rate ratio 0.30, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.60; N = 122; 1 study; low-quality evidence). The proportion of people with organ failure was lower in octreotide than control (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.97; N = 430; 3 studies; very low-quality evidence). The proportion of people with sepsis was lower in lexipafant than control (OR 0.26, 95% CI 0.08 to 0.83; N = 290; 1 study; very low-quality evidence). There was no evidence of differences in any of the remaining comparisons in these outcomes or for any of the remaining primary outcomes (the proportion of participants experiencing at least one serious adverse event and the occurrence of infected pancreatic necrosis). None of the trials reported heath-related quality of life. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Very low-quality evidence suggests that none of the pharmacological treatments studied decrease short-term mortality in people with acute pancreatitis. However, the confidence intervals were wide and consistent with an increase or decrease in short-term mortality due to the interventions. We did not find consistent clinical benefits with any intervention. Because of the limitations in the prognostic scoring systems and because damage to organs may occur in acute pancreatitis before they are clinically manifest, future trials should consider including pancreatitis of all severity but power the study to measure the differences in the subgroup of people with severe acute pancreatitis. It may be difficult to power the studies based on mortality. Future trials in participants with acute pancreatitis should consider other outcomes such as complications or health-related quality of life as primary outcomes. Such trials should include health-related quality of life, costs, and return to work as outcomes and should follow patients for at least three months (preferably for at least one year).
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Affiliation(s)
- Elisabetta Moggia
- IRCCS Humanitas Research HospitalDepartment of General and Digestive SurgeryVia Manzoni 5620089 RozzanoMilanItaly20089
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- Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical SchoolDepartment of SurgeryRoyal Free HospitalPond StreetLondonUKNW3 2QG
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- Ashford and St Peter's NHS TrustDept of Upper GI SurgerySt Peter's HospitalGuildford RoadChertseyUKKT16 0PZ
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- Royal Free Hospital, NHS Foundation TrustHPB and Liver Transplant SurgeryLondonUK
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- Royal Free Hospital CampusUCL Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthUpper 3rd FloorLondonUKNW3 2PF
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- Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical SchoolDepartment of SurgeryRoyal Free HospitalPond StreetLondonUKNW3 2QG
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- Royal Free Campus, UCL Medical SchoolDepartment of SurgeryRoyal Free HospitalPond StreetLondonUKNW3 2QG
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