Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2019, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 852-855.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2019.06.019

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Efficacy and safety of tauroursodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid combination in the treatment of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease:a Meta-analysis

Xing Xin, Wei Zhongcao, Zhou mimi, et al.   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology,Second Affiliated Hospital,Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an 710004,Shaanxi Province,China
  • Received:2018-08-14 Online:2019-11-13 Published:2019-11-13

Abstract: Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of tauroursodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid combination in the treatment of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods We searched CNKI,VIP,WanFang Data,CBM,PubMed,The Cochrane Library,EMbase database and retrieved randomized controlled trials (RCT) on the observation of tauro ursodesoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid combination in the treatment of patients with NAFLD since inception of database. Meta analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 682 NAFLD patients were included in 6 RCT studies,and 342 in the observation group were treated by tauro ursodesoxy cholic acid and polyene phosphatidyl choline,and 340 in the control group were treated by ursodeoxycholic acid and polyene phosphatidyl choline combination. The Results showed that the overall effective rate [RR=1.10,95%CI(1.03,1.18),P=0.004],serum ALT reduction [MD=13.34,95%CI(12.20,14.48),P<0.00001],AST reduction [MD=11.29,95%CI(5.85,16.72),P<0.0001], GGT reduction [MD=22.54,95%CI(20.75,24.33),P<0.00001],TG reduction[MD=0.48,95%CI(0.25,0.70),P<0.0001],LDL-C reduction [MD=0.67,95%CI(0.51,0.83),P<0.00001] and BMI reduction [MD=1.57,95%CI(1.29, 1.84),P<0.00001] as well s HDL-C elevation [MD=0.23,95%CI(0.18,0.27),P<0.00001] in the observation group in the treatment of patients with NAFLD were significantly superior to those in the control group; however,there was no significant difference between the two groups as respect to serum TC reduction [MD=0.30,95%CI(-0.03,0.64),P=0.08] and the incidence of adverse reactions [RR=1.00,95%CI(0.41, 2.47),P=1.00];the improvement of hepatic steatosis was also not significantly different between the two groups [RR=2.2,95%CI(0.97,4.98),P=0.06]. Conclusion The efficacy of tauro ursodesoxy cholic acid combined with polyene phosphatidyl choline in the treatment of patients with NAFLD is good based on the domestic studies,which might be at a low level observations.

Key words: Non-alcoholic fatty liver, Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, Ursodeoxycholic acid, Therapy, Meta-analysis