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Healthtechnologyassessmentoffournon-sedatingantihista_
minesforallergicdiseases
SUNXin,.CAOLi.ya·,MATao2,I,ANFen。,LIXia2,XIAOAi—li4,CHENXin‘zn2,LIYou。ping⋯
r,Ke3Lab一7Yan,、plantEngineeringandlmmu¨olog?"tMinisto’o/Health,China),West
ChinaHospital,Si(hua’lUni。’8‘vi(r,
Che,Jgd“.610041,China;2WeYtChinaSchoolo,ClinicalMedicine.Sichuanu姗ersity,Chengdu,6j004j,Chi’㈨3ttwChine’9
cf,ehrlinpCenterWestChinaHospital,SichanUn}、,ersity,Chengdu.610041.China;4.CenterforDrugRe。evahtatiott,State
Food
口ndDrugAdmini,tration盯ChinaBeijin9100038.China,"8('orresponditlgauthor)
Abstract:ObjectivesThisreviewcomparedclinicaleltecliveness,cardiac‘afetyandeconouncsofastemizole.10tata—
dine,cetirizineandterfenadinctoprovideevidenceforadjuMmentofEssentialDrugListinChina.SearchstrategyWe
scarchedMedlinc.CochraneLiblarvEmbaseandChineseBiomedicalDatabase.Fourteendatabasesfordrugsafetyand
Dharmaccuticalecollomicswereadditionallysearched.SelectionCriteriaRandomizedcontrolledtrialsaudsystematic
-?,ieI,apublip,hedinEnglishandChineseandcomparingtwoornloreofthesefourantihistaminesforallergicrhinitis
andunicariawereincludedforstudyofeffectivenessNon—randomizedclinicaltrialswereadditionallyincludedforeco—
nomicevaluationCardiacsafetystudiesofantihistaminesforallergicdiseasesolanytypewereincludedQuality
AppraisalJadadscalewasprimarilyappliedtorandomizedcontrolledtrialsAllocationconcealmentandintention—to
treatanalysiswarealsoappraisedTheQUOROMstatementwasappliedInsystematicreviews
andmeta—analysisDatz
extractionandanalysesForthestudyofeffectiveness.compositedatawereprimarilyextractedandanalyzedbyfixed
efleetmodelSensilivityanalysisVeasdunetoexploretheheterogeneityForthestudyofcardiacsafety,casesofadverse
drugreactionsanddeathweresummarizedDifferenceofoccurrencerateinsexandagewereanalyzeditpossible
Electrocardiugraphyandcliaic'AsymptomsweresummarizedResultsNostudiesoneconomicevaluationwereidenti—
fled27and6randomizedcontrolledtrialsincluding3227participants,forallergicrhinitisandurticariawereidentified
CetiriTinewassuperiortoloratadine(n=709)insynlptomscoreandonsetofaction.superiortotefl、enadine(n=645)in
QualityofLjfeandsuperiortoastemizolefn-=498)inpatientsatisfactionandonsetofaction73h-ADRcaseswcreiden—
tiffed1T1 astemizole.27casesinterfenadine,lcaseinIoratadineandnoneincetirizineNodeathswcreidentified
Combinationofterfenadineplusgrapefruit1uice(n=lS),itraconazole("=6),nefazodone研=67),andloratadineadminis—
trationconcomitantwithcemitidine(n=30)significantlyprolongedQTcinterval.ConclusionsCetirizinewassuperiortO
otherthreeantihistaminesintermsofclinicaleffectivenessanddrugsafetyAstemizoleandterfenadinecouldcauseslg—
nificantlyvnorccardiac—relatedadversereactionsthancetifidneandIoratadine.
Keywords:Astemizole:loratadine;lerfenadine;cetirizine:allergicrhtuttis;urticaria;healthtechnologyassessmenl
CLCnumber:R,115,R976Documentcode:AArticleID:1672—2531(20t)3)03—0195一I2
Allergicrhinitisisoneofthemostfrequentlyoccurred
allergicdiseasesandtheprevalencewasestimatedat5
l【122percentinlheUnitedStates(anestimated20to
40millionpeople1’1).Itisclassifiedasseasonalor
perennialsubtype.dependinguponwhethersymptoms
ReceIreddate.2003一心-l,Reviseddam:2003—0h-1S
Foundaliorlitem:Thispmgramw扒Ioinlly3ponsnredbyCemmfo]Drug
ReevaluationalStateFoodandDrugAdministrationandtheChinese
CochrancCeiiIPL
BiogaphYsUNXiiimale(1079)Re~earchA、^lMalltre’|carch
interests:healthtcchnL,ll’时ass“‘nlcflt、pharnlaceullculeconomics
aresuflf;eredatcertaintimesthroughouttheyear121.In
2000,oversixbillionUSdollarswerespentOilpre—
scriptionmedicationsforthisdiseaseI”Urticariaisa
verycommondiseaseandmayaffectpeopleofall
agesItisestimatedthat15to20percentofthepopu—
laltonexperiencesallurticarialillnessintheirJires
t2]
Clinically,atttihislaminesarethefirst—linemedica—
lionsintreatmentofallergicrhinitisandurticarian
As thebesl—doctlmeritedchemicalmediator for
urticaria,theyarethemainstayoftherapy151.
万方数据
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Thesecond—generationantihistamines,suchasasteml—
zole,cetirizine.terfenadineandloratadine.represent
anadvanceintherapeuticsAlrecommendeddoses,
theyvirtuallydonotenterthecentralnervoussystem
(CNS)andproducerelativelyslightsomnolence
However,someagentswerereportedtobeassociated
withprolongationoftheQTcintervalanddevelop—
mentoftorsadesdepointes,apotentiallyfatalventfic—
ulararrhythmia.WHOUppsalaCenterreportedthat
morethan100casesofdeathcausedbythesecond—
generationantihistantineswereidentifiedfrom1986
t01996.
Thoughdrugmanufacturerswithdrewterfenadineand
Astemizolefrominternationalmarketinl998and
1999.thesetwodrugsarestilllistedasessentialmedi—
cinesinChina.Physiciansbecameconfusedjnclini—
calpracticeduetodiscrepancyinclinicaleftective—
heSSandsafetyconcernHowever,statisticsfrom45
hospitalsinShanghaishowedtheCOStofconsumption
ofloratadinewasover4750thousandUSdollarsin
1997and5560thousandUSdollarsin1998
Atpresent.noevidenceisavajlabletomakeclear
explanationonthesafely.comparativeeffectiveness
andeconomicsoftheseagentsforwell—informeddin—
icalpracliceandhealthdecision—makingControversy
existedthroughselectionofessentialdrugsinChina.
Therefore,Itisurgentandimportanttoassessthese
pharmaceuticalagentsintermsofeffectiveness,safety
andpharmaceuticaleconomicsThisstudyreviewed
ThetypeofsilMy
astemi,olc.Ioratadine,terfenadineandcetirizine.aim—
ingatprovidingthebestevidenceforadjnslmenlof
EssentialDrugListandimprovementofclinicalprac—
tice.
Methods
1 SearchStrategy
Medline(1966—20022),Embase(1974—2002.2/,The
CochraneLibraryf2002IssueNo4)andChinese
BiomedicalDatabase(1979—20022)weresearched
forstudiesonclinicaleffectiveness.cardiac—related
adversedrugreactions(h—ADRs)14additional
data-
basesandjournalsfordrugsafetyandeconomiceval—
uationsweresearchedforh—ADRs
Thekeywordsincludedsystematicreview,lneta—
analysis,randomizedconlrollcdtrial(s).clinicalcon—
trolledtrial(s),clinical—trial.clinicalstudy',cohort
study,casereport.caseseries.allergicrhiniIis.
urticaria.adversedrugreactions,astemizole,lorata—
dine,tefenadine,cetirizine,arrhythmia,!achycardia,
cost—effectivenessandCOSt—utilityCombinationot
wordswouldbedifferentlyappliedinseparatedata—
basesbasedontheselectioncriteria
2SelectionCriteria
21 SelectionCriteriaforeffectivenessandh—AI)R
study
SelectionCriteriaforeffectivenessandh—ADRstudy
werebasicallysimilar,detailsofwhichwereshowed
intable1.PublishedstudiesjnEnglishlindChinese
wouldbeincluded
Table1Selectioncrileriaforstudyoileffectlvenc蟠andh-ADRs
Effectivenessstudy h-ADRstudy
Systematicre~Jewsmeta-analysi、,randumlzedcon—
trofledtrialswithJadadscorcnolessthanthree
SystenlalicmvlewsllqCtaanalysisrandomizedC()lllloiledtrialscnn
trolledclinicalIrialscohortstudycase‘cricsandcRsercputI、、h¨uId
beincluded
ThetypeofparticipantsIncludehealthyvolunteelxandpatientssufferingfromallergicrbinitisorumcariaexcepl
easesNorestrictionwasappliedt0ageand,ex
Thetypeofintervention
ThelypeofoHtcoroe
Anyoffouranlihislamineswereadministrated|0rallergicdl、eases
E1cc【roc¨dlograph”parameters
unytypc
Clinicalsymptoms;and
Endpoinlparametm:death
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万方数据
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22SelectionCriteriaforeconornicevaluation
Prospectiveandrclrospuctiveeconomicstudiesshould
beincludedHealthyvolunteersandpatientssuffering
fromallergicrhinitisandurticariawerequalifiedfor
inclusion.
3Qualityappraisal
TworeviewersassessedthetrialsindependentlyAny
discrepancieswereresolvedbydiscussionorbya
thirdparty.
3.1Qualityappraisalofsystematicreview/meta—
analysis
QUOROMStatementwasprimaftlyappliedtoassess
thequalityofsystematicreviewandmeta—analysis
Eachitemwouldbeassessedonilsreliabilityorvalid—
itydependingonthenatureofindividualitemThe
majoritemsrelatedtostudyqualityincludedatabases,
selectioncriteria,studyperformance(datainclusion
andexclusion,dataextraction).analysismethods,
studyresultsandclinicalimplication
3.2Quality'appraisalofrandomizedcontrolledtrials
Jadadscalewasprimarilyadaptedtoassessthestudy
qualityofrandomizedcontrolledtrials.Arangescore
systemfromonetofivepointswasestablishedbased
011thateachitemreceives1 pointifadequateother-
wiseapointwasdeductedifinadequate.Studieswith
Jadadscoreslessthanthreepointswereconsidered
lowinquality.Allocationconcealmentandintention—
to—treatanalysis(inclusionofdataoflostparticipants
inanalyses)wereadditionallyappliedforassessment
ofstudyquality.fA:adequatelydescribedB:inade—
quatclydescribedC:unknown)
3.3Qualityappraisalofeconomicevaluation
Itemstobeassessedinclude11cleardefinitionofclin—
icalandeconomicquestions,2)adequatedescription
ofinterveutions.3)definitiveeffectiveness,4)accu—
ratemcasurelnentofcostandoutcomes,5)reliability
ofCOStandoutcomes,and6)sensitivityanalysis
Foreachidentifiedtrial.fourgradescaubemade
accordingtoeachitem:
A=adequateB。partiallyadequateC=inadequate
D=unknown
4Dataextraction
4.1Dataexlractionstrategy
Compositedatawereextractedforanalyses.One
reviewerindependentlyextracteddatafromstudy.
withre—examinationfollowedbyanotherreviewer
AnYproblemsweresolvedbasedonarticle.
0therwise,authorswerecontacted
4.2Iternstobeextracted
Majoritemstobeextractedincludebaselinecharac—
teristicsofsubjects.comparalorandintervention
(drug,dosageandduration),lossoffolio'#,'一upout—
comemeasureandoutcomes
Dataforeconom{cevaluationwereadditionally
extracted,whichincludedcountryofstudy,perspec—
live,compositionofCOSt,modelforanalyses(Markov
ChainModel),discount,(incremental)COSt—effective—
nessratio,(incremental)cost—utilityratioandsensitiv—
ityanalysis。
5Dataanalyses
5.fStudyofeffectiveness
Resultsofeligiblestudieswerestatisticallysynthe—
sized(Meta—analysis)ifpossibleusingReview
Manager4.1 Fordichotomousvariables.thePeto
oddsratiowerecalculatedusingthefixedeffect
inndelwith95%confidenceintervalsF0rcontinuous
variables,weightedmeandifferenceswerecalculated
usingthefixedeffectmodelwith95%coilfidence
interval.Afixeeffectsmodelwasusedfortheprima—
ryanalyseswheneverpossible
Heterogeneitybetweentrialresultswastestedinall
analysesChi—squaretestsforheterogeneitywereused
totestforgrossstatisticalheterogeneity,betweenall
trials.Ifheterogenekyexisted,sensitivityanalysisand
analysisbyrandomeffectmodelwereapplied.
Sensitivityanalyseswereperformedtoexplorethe
influencebystudyquality,verylongorlargestudies
10establishhowmuchtheydominatetheresultsand
studieswithhighrate(>lO%)oflossoffollow一“p
52h—ADRsstudy
Meta—analyses wereconductedifpossible.as
describedaboveCasestudiesofindividualantibista。
mineswereseparatelysummarizedbythenumberof
casesofh-ADR,casesofdeath,clinicalsympton'ts,
万方数据
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andelectrocardiographexaminationAdjustedrelative
riskwascalculatedifpossible,aimingatcomparison
ofdeathrateandmorbidityratewithinfour,'mtihista—
mines.Subgroupsummarywasdoneaccordingtoage
andsexofvictimstoinvestigatesexandagespecific
correlationswithantihistmnines
clinlcaltrIals
AR&URT
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Results
1PrimaryselectionofData
270trials wereidentifiedbyreadingtitlesand
abstracts,detailsofwhichareshownintable2 After
finalselection.27RCTsforallergicrhinitis and6
RCTsforurticariawereidentifiedNosystematic
reviewswereavailable衙eitherdiseaseconditions.
"table2Resultsofprimaryselection
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+Syxtemaucrevi6wsinterfllSofeffectivenessandsafetyo~erlappedAR(allergicrhinitis)URT(urticaria
2Studyofeffeetiveness
Nosystematicreviewswereincludedforanalysis27
trialsforallergicrhinitiswereidentified.22ofwhich
studiedseasonalallergicrhinitis2trialsscoredfive
pointsbyJadadscale.13trialsscoredfourandl2td—
alsscoredthreeInaddition.Horak1⋯andCarpio⋯
adequatelydescribedallocationconcealmentand8tri—
alsappliedintention—to—treatanalysis.
ExcepttrialsbyGutkowski⋯andJames128I.astemi—
zole.10ratadineandcetirizinewasadministrated10mg
oncedaily,tertenadineas120meoncedailyor60mg
twicedailyLengthofstudyvariedfromonedayto
twomonths.Totally,3227participantswereprimarily
includedintrials.226ofwhichfailedtofollowup.
SeveraItrialsdidnotreportpatientnumberswho
withdrewfromtrialsLuigi⋯reporteda40percent
10ssrate,
3Efiectivenessoffonrantihistaminesforallergle
rhinitis
3.1Terfenadinevs.Astemizole⋯”埘
Sixtrials(n=222,28lossoffollowup)comparedter—
fenadineandastemizole.inwhichBolandstudied
perennialallergicrhinitis.StudybyLuigireporteda
highlossofrate(40percent)Nosignificantdiffer—
eDcewasidentifiedforseverityofsymptoms.except
studybyWoodHI/thatshowedterfenadineissuperior
toastemizolejnphysicianassessment.G{rard129’
reportedthatterfenadineisfarmorerapidthanastern—
izoleinonsetofaction,comparing3hoursagainst48
hours【P<005jBolandstudiedtheoverallefficacyof
treatment(OEOT)bypatients,whichshowedastemi—
zolewassuperiortoterfenadine[P=O.02].However,
combinationofstudiesonOEOTbyphysiciansindi—
catednostatjsticaldifferencebetweenthe1wo
IP=05].
32Loratadinevs."rerfenadinem’1’
Fourtrials(n=320,5710SSoffollowu口)wereidenti—
fled,inwhichGeorgesstudiedperennialallergic
rhinitis.GutkowskiandGeorgesassessednasaland
non—nasalsymptomsbysymptomscoringscale.
HorakandCarpioassessednasalandnon—nasalsever—
itybyeveryscoringscale.Resultsindicatednosignif-
icancebetweenthesetwoagents.Fourtrialscompared
twoagentsbyOEOT.Combinedestimatesshowed
loratadinewassignificantlysuperiortoterfenadine
{OR=1.41P=O.03)
3.3Cetirizinevs.Loratadine【“”4。i
Threetrials(n=709.571ASSoffollowup)wereinclud—
edDay⋯andMeltzer⋯comparedcetirizineand
loratadinebymajorsymptom(MSC)scoreandtotal
symptomscore(TSC)Resultsshowedthatcetirizine
wassignificantlysuperiortoIoratadinefP≤O.01.
P