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Effect of probiotic supplementation on chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea in patients with cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2023

Reza Amiri Khosroshahi
Affiliation:
Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Sheida Zeraattalab-Motlagh
Affiliation:
Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
Peyman Sarsangi
Affiliation:
Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
Sabrina Mai Nielsen
Affiliation:
Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Hamed Mohammadi*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*
*Corresponding author: Hamed Mohammadi, email hmohamadi@sina.tums.ac.ir

Abstract

To date, several systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMA) have investigated the effects of probiotics, but the certainty of the evidence for an effect on chemotherapy and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea has not been assessed. We conducted an overview of SRMA, searching MEDLINE, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science from inception up to February 2022. We summarised the findings of eligible SRMA. Subsequently, we included randomised clinical trials (RCT) from the SRMA in meta-analyses, using a quality effects model to calculate the OR and 95 % CI for each outcome. We used ‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews’ and the Cochrane risk of bias tool to assess the methodological quality of the SRMA and their RCT, respectively. We used the ‘Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation’.We included thirteen SRMA, which reported pooled effect sizes for chemotherapy and radiotherapy-related diarrhoea based on a total of eighteen RCT. Our meta-analyses demonstrated statistically significant beneficial effects from probiotics on all outcomes, except stool consistency; diarrhoea (any grade) OR 0·35 (95 % CI 0·22, 0·54), grade ≥ 2 diarrhoea 0·43 (0·25, 0·74), grade ≥ 3 diarrhoea 0·30 (0·15, 0·59), use of medication 0·49 (0·27, 0·88), soft stool 1·10 (0·44, 2·76) and watery stool 0·52 (0·29, 1·29). Probiotics use can reduce the incidence of diarrhoea in cancer patients in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but the certainty of evidence for significant outcomes was very low and low.

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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society

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