Moxifloxacin plus standard first-line therapy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: A meta-analysis
Abstract
The fluoroquinolone moxifloxacin has potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and has been recommended by the guidelines for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Monotherapy is not recommended by the guidelines and only a few studies have evaluated the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin plus standard first-line therapy in treating TB. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to further investigate the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin plus standard therapy compared with standard therapy alone in treating patients with pulmonary TB. Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE and Google Scholar (until February 12, 2015) were searched for studies that evaluated the clinical efficacy and tolerability of moxifloxacin in the treatment of pulmonary TB. Rate of culture conversion and serious adverse events (SAEs) were assessed. Risk of bias and sensitivity analysis, using the leave-one-out approach, was used to assess the robustness of the findings. Six studies were included in the meta-analysis which covered 2056 patients with pulmonary TB. For all included studies, the drug regimens at least contained rifampicin and pyrazinamide and the length of treatment was at least eight weeks. The odds ratio (OR) for the negative culture rate for moxifloxacin plus first-line medications compared first-line medications alone (the control group) was 1.60 with 95% CI in 0.93-2.74 (P = 0.089), indicating the moxifloxacin plus first-line medications had no significantly greater rate of culture…
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