Synbiotics for Prevention and Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
Synbiotics for Prevention and Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
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DOI:
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3943
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发表时间:
2016-03-01
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影响因子:
26.1
通讯作者:
Garcia-Romero, Maria T.
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作者:
Chang, Yung-Sen;Trivedi, Michelle K.;Garcia-Romero, Maria T.
IMPORTANCE Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a highly prevalent condition that may be associated with an altered gastrointestinal microbiota that promotes an immune environment more susceptible to allergic disease. Synbiotics, a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics, have been used for the prevention and treatment of AD.OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of synbiotics for primary prevention and treatment of AD.DATA SOURCES PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the CAB Abstracts Archive searchable database were searched from the inception of all databases to October 15, 2015, with no language restrictions.STUDY SELECTION We included all published randomized clinical trials of synbiotics for prevention and/or treatment of AD. To be included, a publication needed to clearly define the intervention as oral administration of synbiotics (combination of probiotics and prebiotics) and must have included an assessment of AD disease severity, such as the Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index, or the incidence of AD as an outcome measure. Only 8 of 257 initially identified studies (3%) met selection criteria.DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Data extractionwas independently done by multiple observers and cross-checked to avoid errors. The quality of the selected studies was critically examined following the Cochrane guidelines. Data were pooled using a random-effects model.MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcomes were the SCORAD index (treatment studies) and the relative risk of AD (prevention studies). The hypothesis was formulated before data collection.RESULTS A total of 257 abstracts were screened to identify 6 treatment studies (369 children enrolled; aged 0 months to 14 years) and 2 prevention studies (1320 children enrolled; up to age 6 months in one study and term neonates aged