Systematic review with network meta-analysis: the impact of medical interventions for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis on health-related quality of life.

Paschos, Paschalis; Katsoula, Anastasia; Salanti, Georgia; Giouleme, Olga; Athanasiadou, Eleni; Tsapas, Apostolos (2018). Systematic review with network meta-analysis: the impact of medical interventions for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis on health-related quality of life. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 48(11-12), pp. 1174-1185. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/apt.15005

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BACKGROUND

Patient-reported outcomes are important in the assessment of efficacy of intervention for ulcerative colitis (UC).

AIM

To compare the impact of interventions for moderate-to-severe UC on health-related quality of life (HRQL).

METHODS

We searched Medline, Embase, CENTRAL and grey literature sources through October 2017. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, vedolizumab or tofacitinib to each other or placebo. Outcomes included the change in quality of life scores and the proportion of patients with improvement in quality of life. We performed random-effect pairwise and network meta-analysis. We assessed confidence in estimates using the CINeMA (Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis) framework.

RESULTS

Fourteen RCTs assessed HRQL using the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) (14 trials), the Short Form questionnaire-36 (SF-36) (seven trials) or the European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D) (three trials). At induction (13 trials), low to very low confidence evidence suggested that all agents significantly improved both generic and disease-specific HRQL scores compared to placebo. However, only infliximab (MD 18.58; 95% CI 13.19-23.97) and vedolizumab (MD 18.00; 95% CI 11.08-24.92) showed clinically meaningful improvement in IBDQ score. Differences among individual interventions were imprecise. For maintenance (four trials), very low confidence evidence suggested that vedolizumab, tofacitinib and adalimumab maintained improvement in HRQL.

CONCLUSIONS

Induction treatment with infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, vedolizumab or tofacitinib improves quality of life compared to placebo. Evidence on maintenance therapy is sparse and uncertain. Head-to-head comparisons could enhance confidence in conclusions about differences between drugs in terms of HRQL.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Department of Clinical Research (DCR)

UniBE Contributor:

Salanti, Georgia

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0269-2813

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tanya Karrer

Date Deposited:

16 Nov 2018 13:55

Last Modified:

20 Feb 2024 14:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/apt.15005

PubMed ID:

30378141

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.121279

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/121279

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