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Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis

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    • Jun Zhou
    • Meng‑Jun Tao
    • Lai‑Run Jin
    • Jun Sheng
    • Zhi Li
    • Hui Peng
    • Liang Xu
    • Hui Yuan
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    Affiliations: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China, Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, P.R. China, Hospital Infection Control Office, Affiliated Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, P.R. China
    Copyright: © Zhou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Previous studies have indicated that various drugs may be beneficial for the treatment of patients with refractory lupus nephritis (RLN). The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for the treatment of RLN using a network meta‑analysis (NMA). NMA was performed using Stata 14.0 software. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI were calculated. A total of 19 studies comprising 1,127 patients were included. Common therapeutic drugs for RLN included glucocorticoids (GC), cyclophosphamide (CTX), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), tacrolimus (TAC), leflunomide (LEF), cyclosporine A and rituximab (RTX). Evaluation of the effectiveness revealed that MMF + GC produced significantly higher overall responses (i.e. complete remission plus partial remission) and that MMF + GC (OR=2.58; 95% CI, 1.67‑3.97), CTX + RTX + GC (OR=3.89; 95% CI, 1.60‑9.45), CTX + LEF + GC (OR=3.05; 95% CI, 1.05‑8.84) and CTX + TAC + GC (OR=6.22; 95% CI, 1.93‑20.05) had significantly higher overall responses compared with those to the traditional treatment regimen (CTX + GC). Ranking probability based on the surface under the cumulative ranking curve indicated that CTX + TAC + GC had the highest probability (80.6%) of being the best treatment for achieving an overall response. In the safety evaluation, MMF + GC had a lower risk of infection than CTX + GC (OR=0.32; 95% CI, 0.11,0.88). There were no statistically significant differences in adverse reactions, including gastrointestinal reactions and leukopenia between any two treatment regimens. In conclusion, the regimen of CTX + TAC + GC exhibited a trend in superiority regarding clinical efficacy among common therapeutic drug treatments for RLN, while the regimen of CTX + GC had a higher probability to cause adverse effects among the nine interventions compared.
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H. ... Yuan, H. (2020). Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 19, 665-671. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8257
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H., Xu, L., Yuan, H."Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 19.1 (2020): 665-671.
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H., Xu, L., Yuan, H."Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 19, no. 1 (2020): 665-671. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8257
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H. ... Yuan, H. (2020). Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 19, 665-671. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8257
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H., Xu, L., Yuan, H."Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 19.1 (2020): 665-671.
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Zhou, J., Tao, M., Jin, L., Sheng, J., Li, Z., Peng, H., Xu, L., Yuan, H."Effectiveness and safety of common therapeutic drugs for refractory lupus nephritis: A network meta‑analysis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 19, no. 1 (2020): 665-671. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8257
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