- Title
- Efficacy and safety of urate-lowering agents in asymptomatic hyperuricemia: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Creator
- Sapankaew, Tunlanut; Thadanipon, Kunlawat; Ruenroengbun, Narisa; Chaiyakittisopon, Kamolpat; Ingsathit, Atiporn; Numthavaj, Pawin; Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn; McKay, Gareth; Attia, John; Thakkinstian, Ammarin
- Relation
- BMC Nephrology Vol. 23, no. 223
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02850-3
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Background: Asymptomatic hyperuricemia was found to be associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk but the potential benefits of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) remain controversial. We conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) with frequentist model to estimate the efficacy and safety of ULT in asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and Scopus were searched without language restrictions. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) of adults with asymptomatic hyperuricemia were eligible if they compared any pair of ULTs (i.e., allopurinol, febuxostat, probenecid, benzbromarone, sulfinpyrazone, rasburicase, lesinurad, and topiroxostat) and placebo or no ULT, and had outcomes of interest, including composite renal events, major adverse cardiovascular events, serum urate levels, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), systolic blood pressure, and adverse events. Results: NMA with frequentist approach was applied to estimate relative treatment effects, i.e., risk ratio (RR) and mean difference (MD). A total of 23 RCTs were eligible. NMA identified beneficial effects of ULT on composite renal events and eGFR but not for other outcomes. Allopurinol and febuxostat had significantly lower composite renal events than placebo (RR 0.39, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.23 to 0.66, and RR 0.68, 95% CI 0.46 to 0.99, respectively). Both treatments also resulted in significantly higher eGFR than placebo (MD 3.69 ml/min/1.73 m2, 95% CI 1.31 to 6.08, and MD 2.89 ml/min/1.73 m2, 95% CI 0.69 to 5.09, respectively). No evidence of inconsistency was identified. Conclusions: Evidence suggests that allopurinol and febuxostat are the ULTs of choice in reducing composite renal events and improving renal function. Trial registration: This study was registered with PROSPERO: CRD42019145908. The date of the first registration was 12th November 2019.
- Subject
- systematic review; network meta-analysis; treatment; hyperuriemia; cardiovascular events; chronic kidney disease; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1493251
- Identifier
- uon:53517
- Identifier
- ISSN:1471-2369
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
- Language
- eng
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