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SynthesisBMJ open2023

Prophylaxis for

Xiaojia Huang, Xiaoting Huang, Shen Lin, Shaohong Luo, Liangliang Dong, Dong Lin, Yaping Huang, Chen Xie, Dongni Nian, Xiongwei Xu and 1 more

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Synthesis in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaojia HuangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiaoting HuangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Shen LinDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Shaohong LuoDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Liangliang DongDepartment of Pharmacy, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Dong LinDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yaping HuangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Chen XieDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Dongni NianDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiongwei XuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiuhua WengDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China wxh001@fjmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8901-5281
Fujian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone, once every 3 weeks (R-CHOP21) is commonly used in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but accompanied by

designA two-part decision analytical model was developed. Prevention effects were determined by systemic review of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science from inception to December 2022. Studies reporting results of PCP prophylaxis were included. Enrolled studies were quality assessed with Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Costs were derived from the Chinese official websites, and clinical outcomes and utilities were obtained from published literature. Uncertainty was evaluated through deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (DSA and PSA). Willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold was set as US$31 315.23/quality-adjusted life year (QALY) (threefold the 2021 per capita Chinese gross domestic product).

settingChinese healthcare system perspective.

participantsNHL receiving R-CHOP21.

interventionsPCP prophylaxis versus no prophylaxis.

main outcome measuresPrevention effects were pooled as relative risk (RR) with 95% CI. QALYs and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) were calculated.

resultsA total of four retrospective cohort studies with 1796 participants were included. PCP risk was inversely associated with prophylaxis in NHL receiving R-CHOP21 (RR 0.17; 95% CI 0.04 to 0.67; p=0.01). Compared with no prophylaxis, PCP prophylaxis would incur an additional cost of US$527.61, and 0.57 QALYs gained, which yielded an ICER of US$929.25/QALY. DSA indicated that model results were most sensitive to the risk of PCP and preventive effectiveness. In PSA, the probability that prophylaxis was cost-effective at the WTP threshold was 100%.

conclusionProphylaxis for PCP in NHL receiving R-CHOP21 is highly effective from retrospective studies, and routine chemoprophylaxis against PCP is overwhelmingly cost-effective from Chinese healthcare system perspective. Large sample size and prospective controlled studies are warranted.

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Lymphoma, Non-HodgkinPneumonia, PneumocystisCost-Benefit AnalysisCost-Effectiveness AnalysisHumansMaleProspective StudiesProstate-Specific AntigenQuality-Adjusted Life YearsRetrospective StudiesProstate-Specific Antigenhealth economicsinterstitial lung diseaselymphoma

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PMID36972963
PMCPMC10069585
OpenAlexW4360999750

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