Potassium dehydroandrographolide succinate injection for treatment of infantile pneumonia:a systematic review and Meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate systematically the clinical efficacy and safety of potassium dehydroandrographolide succinate injection(PDS) in treatment of infantile pneumonia.METHODS:Randomized controlled trials(RCTs) of infantile pneumonia treated by PDS were searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database,China Science and Technology Journal Database,Wanfang Database,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,PubMed,and Cochrane Library,from January 1979 to July 2013.Two reviewers independently retrieved the RCTs and extracted the information.The quality of included studies was assessed by the Cochrane risk of bias,and a Meta-analysis was conducted with Review Manager 5.2 software.RESULTS:A total of 9 studies with 1056 participants were included.The quality of the studies was generally no high,only one study mentioned the random method.The Meta-analysis indicated that PDS was significantly superior to the conventional therapy in the total effective rate[relative risk(RR)=1.21,95%CI(1.14,1.27),P<0.000 01],the time of temperature recovery[mean difference(MD)=-1.43,95%CI(-1.75,-1.11),P<0.000 01],rale disappeared and cough relieving[MD=-1.44,95%CI(-1.93,-0.90),P<0.000 01].Six adverse drug reactions from five studies mainly represented rash and diarrhea,and no serious ADRs were reported.CONCLUSION:Based on this systematic review,PDS was proved effective and relatively safe in treatment of infantile pneumonia.However the articles enrolled in the study were not high in quality,studies with higher quality should be conducted for assessment of efficacy and safety of PDS in treatment of infantile pneumonia.

Potassium Dehydroandrographolide Succinate Injection for the Treatment of Child Epidemic Parotitis:A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective： To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Potassium Dehydroandrographolide Succinate Injection （PDSI） in the treatment of child epidemic parotitis （EP）. Methods： Randomized controlled trials （RCTs） regarding PDSI in the treatment of child EP were searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed, and Cochrane Library from inception to July 30, 2013. Two reviewers independently retrieved RCTs and extracted information. The Cochrane risk of bias method was used to assess the quality of included studies, and a meta- analysis was conducted with RevMan 5.2 software. Results： A total of 11 studies with 818 participants were included. The quality of the studies was generally low, among which only one study mentioned the random method. The meta-analysis indicated that PDSI was more effective than the conventional therapy with Western medicine for EP in the outcomes of the total effective rate [relative risk （RR）=1.23, 95% confidence interval （CI） [1.14, 1.33], P〈0.01], the time of temperature return to normal, the time of detumescence [mean difference （MD）=-2.10, 95% CI [-2.78, -1.41], P〈0.01], and the incidence of complications （RR=0.14, 95% CI [0.03, 0.72], P=0.02）. There were 6 adverse drug reactions （ADRs） in this systematic review, 2 of which were mainly represented rash and diarrhea in the experiment group, while another 4 ADRs occurred in the control group. Conclusions： Based on the systematic review, PDSI was effectiveness and relatively safety in the treatment of child EP. But further rigorously designed trials are warranted to determine its effectiveness.