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InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirect International Journal of Infectious Diseases journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijid Review Salvage combination antifungal therapy for acute invasive aspergillosis may improve outcomes: a systematic review § and meta-analysis Anil A. Panackala,b,*, Emilio Parisinic, Michael Proschand aLaboratoryofClinicalInfectiousDiseases,NationalInstituteofAllergyandInfectiousDiseases,NationalInstitutesofHealth,ClinicalResearchCenter, Building10,Room11N222,10CenterDrive,Bethesda,MD20892,MSC1888,USA bDivision of Infect iousDise ase s,Depa rtment ofMedici ne,F .He`ber tSch oolof Medicine,UniformedServicesUniversityoftheHealthSciences(USUHS), Bethesda,Maryland,USA cCenterfo rNanoSci enceandTechnology,PolitecnicodiMilano,IstitutoItalianodiTecnologia,Milan,Italy dBiostat isti csRes earchBr anch ,NationalIn stituteofA lle rgyand Infectiou sDiseas es ,NationalIn stitute sofHealth,Bethesda,Maryland,USA A RTI CLE IN FO S UM MAR Y Articlehistory: Objective: Ameta-analysiswasperformedtocomparemold-activetriazolesorlipidamphotericinBplus Receiv ed2April2014 anechino ca ndintonon-ec hino candinmo no therapyf oracuteinv asiveasp erg illos is(IA). Received in revise d form 2 July 2014 Me thods: We sea rc hed PubMed, EMB ASE, and othe r d ataba ses throu gh May 201 3 unrestricted by Accepted4July2014 language. We included observational and experimental studies wherein patients with proven or CorrespondingEditor:TimothyBarkham, probable IA b y EORTC/M SG criteria u nderw ent our com parative interven tion. PRIS MA a nd MOO SE Singapore guideline s w ere followed an d qualit y was asses sed using the Jad ad and Newc astle–Ott awa criteria. Meta-regressionwithfixedandrandomeffectsandsensitivityanalyseswereperformed.Theprimary Keywords: studyoutcomemeasurewas12-weekoverallmortality.Thesecondaryoutcomeassessedwascomplete Invasiveaspergillosis andp artialresp onse. COoumtcboimnae tsion antifungal therapy Resu lts: On ly observational studies of primary 12-week survival showed heterogeneity (I2= 48.96%, p=0.05).ForsalvageIAtherapy,fixedeffectsmodelsdemonstratedimproved12-weeksurvival(Peto Salvagetherapy oddsratio(OR)1.80,95%confidenceinterval(CI)1.08–3.01)andsuccess(PetoOR2.17,95%CI1.21–3.91) ofcombinationtherapy.Significanceremainedafterapplyingrandomeffectsasasensitivityanalysis (12-weeksurvival:PetoOR1.90,95%CI1.04–3.46,andunchangedvalueforsuccess).Restrictiontohigh qualitystudiesandincludingechinocandinsasthecomparatorforrefractoryIArevealedanadjustedOR of1.72(95%CI0.96–3.09;p=0.07)forglobalsuccess,whilethesurvivalendpointremainedunaltered. Conclusions: CombinationantifungalsforIAdemonstrateimprovedoutcomesovermonotherapyinthe salvagesetting.Cliniciansshouldconsiderthisapproachincertainsituations. PublishedbyElsevierLtdonbehalfofInternationalSocietyforInfectiousDiseases.Thisisanopenaccess articleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). causinginvasivediseaseindecreasingfrequencytobeA.fumigatus, 1. Introduction A. flavu s, A. nige r, A. te rre us, and A. versicolor .1 Ac ute invasive aspergillosis (IA) leads to high morbidity and mortality in the Aspergillusspeciesareubiquitousfungithatcanbeinhaledand immunocom prom isedh ost .Fori nstance,da tafro mtheTran sp lant developintoa ngioinv asiv eforms.Th eresu ltso fast ud yusingd ata AssociatedInfectionsS urvei llan ceNetwo rk(T RANS NET )revealed fromthe Pro spectiveAntifu ngalT hera pyAllia nc e (PATH Allia nce) 1-yearsurv ivalfromI Aof59%amo ngsolido rgantranspla nt(SOT) regist ry reported in 2012, sho wed the most c ommon species recipie nts and 25.4% a mo ng h emato poieti c stem cell trans plant (HSCT)rec ipien ts,from 2001t o2006.2,3Desp iteim prov edcare,IA- associated hospitalization costs remain exorbitant. According to § Systematic Review Registration: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/; datafrom theHealthcare Utiliza tionPro ject(HCUP ),theavera ge CRD42013004006. length of hospitalization due to IA in 1996 was 17.3(cid:2)0.6 days, * Correspondingauthor. correspondingtoacostof$62426(cid:2)$4977;thisdroppedin2004only (A.AE.-Pmanaial cakdadl)r.esses: [email protected], [email protected] to 16.4(cid:2)0.5 da ys wi th a r educ ti on in c ost to $41 8 91 (cid:2)$1 842 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.007 1201-9712/PublishedbyElsevierLtdonbehalfofInternationalSocietyforInfectiousDiseases.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 81 (p=0.09),whichisstillhigh.4,5Whilesinopulmonaryinvolvementis echinocandin compared to non-echinocandin monotherapy in most common, dissemination to the central nervous system, ordertodeterminetheoptimumtreatmentstrategyforIA. gastrointestinaltract,skin,orcontiguouslymayoccuramongstthe severelyimmunosuppressed. 2. Methods Effective therapeutic options are limited once infection is established, relying on the host’s immune status to improve The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and outcomes.Historically,amphotericinBdeoxycholate(AmB-d)–a Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis Of Observational polyene that forms pores in the fungal ergosterol-laden cell Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines were followed in membra ne– wasde emedt he ‘gold standa rd’fortreatingIA ,but describi ng ourfindingsan dstandar dmethodo logy.20 –22 dose-relate d neph rotoxicit ylim ited itswidesp read use.6To les sen thenephrotoxicity,lipidformulationsweredeveloped:liposomal 2.1. Eligibilitycriteria amphotericinB(L-AmB),amphotericinBlipidcomplex(ABLC),and amphotericin B colloid dispersion (ABCD). However, infusion- 2.1.1. Inclusioncriteria related toxicity was not eliminated by such modifications and Inclusion criteria encompassed any experimental or observa- renaltoxicitywasfoundtopersistathighercumulativedoses. tionalstudyinwhichmold-activetriazolesoralipidamphotericin In May 2002, voriconazole – a triazole with high oral B product was used in combination with an echinocandin for bioavailability that inhibits a step in fungal cell membrane primaryand/orsalvagetreatmentofIA.Studiesthatinvestigated ergosterol biosynthesis by blocking 14a-demethylase – received sequentialmonoordualtherapiesinacomparativemannerwere approval for the primary therapy of IA as a consequence of the permitted, given the prolonged antifungal drug half-life in the clinical t rial by H erbrech t et al.7 Vo rico na zo le was found to be setting of hepati c an d/or renal failure tha t is p revalent in the superior to AmB-d, given its 52.8% vs. 31.6% 12-week global affectedpopulation.Salvagetherapywasdefinedasthereceiptof response rat eand22 %redu ctio ninov erall morta lity(p=0. 02).7In antifung al(s)dueto prioran tifungal into lerance (e.g .,to xicity) or a subsequent analysis, Patterson et al. foundthat fewer patients refractorydisease(e.g.,clinicalormicrobiologicalprogression).In receivingvoriconazoleswitchedtootherantifungalsduetodisease somestudies,‘otherlicensedantifungaltherapies’(OLAT)wasused progressionorintolerancethanpatientsintheAmB-darm(24%vs. asanaggregatetermtoencompassamixtureofsuchtriazolesand 70%,p<0.001),and,despitetheswitch,successat12weekswas amphotericin B products. To enhance uniformity, we selected lesscommoninthelatterthanintheformergroup(32%vs.55%, studiesonimmunocompromisedhumancasesthatcomparedthis p< 0.001).8 combin ed interventionto‘monoth erapy’ –asin glea ntifungald rug Since IA treatment responses were found to remain poor in withsimilarIAsurvivalrates(i.e.,mold-activetriazolesoralipid certain populations (e.g., allogeneic HSCT) and in cases of amphotericinBproductintheprimaryandsalvagesettings)–to extrapulmonary involvement, with a positive response rate of permitanalysisofourpooledstudypopulation.Furthermore,only 32–42%, alternative strategies were considered. In 2001, an provenandprobableIAcaseswereincluded,inaccordancewith echinocandin – caspofungin – was approved as salvage therapy the original and revised European Organization for the Research for IA; the favorable response rate was 45–56%, with better and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) out com esam ongthose receiving itdu etod rugintole rance rather guid elinedefini tion s.23,24Studiesne ededto enable calculationof thandisea seprog ression .9,10Asim il arsu cc essfu lresponsera tebut 12-week survivalasourprimary endpoin t.A lthoug hmostdeat hs lower12-weeksurvival(50%)wasobtainedwhencaspofunginwas attributabletoIAoccurwithin6weeksaftertherapy,wefounda used a s primar y therap y.11 O f p articular intere st is the un ique lackofconsi ste nc yacros sstudi es inmea surin gthisas ano utcom e targe tof thisclas s–b-1,3-gluca nsynthase ,anenzy me tha tmakes and so we chose 1 2-week surviv al as our maj or e nd poi nt.25 The animportantcomponentofsomefungalcellwalls. secondary endpoint was composite clinical, microbiological, and Subsequently, several investigators noted further improve- radiographicsuccess(‘complete’or‘partial’response)ascertained ments in outcome based upon in vitro and animal studies that attheendoftreatment(EOT),accordingtopreviouslypublished demon str ated syne rgistic or ad dit ive ef fects when combini ng a de finit ions .26 Tominimi zepubl icationbia s,w eincluded studiesin mold-activetriazole(itraconazole,voriconazole,orposaconazole) languagesotherthanEnglish. or an amphotericin B with an echinocandin (caspofungin, mi cafu ngin, or anidu laf ungin) .12,13 These transla tional studies 2.1.2. Exclusioncriteria ledpractitionerstousesuchcombinationtherapyroutinely,with Exclusion criteria encompassed any case reports, case series, thehopeofimprovingIAoutcomes. reviews, guidelines, and non-human studies that dealt with our However, few human observational studies and small-scale researchquestion.Anystudythatfailedtohaveacomparator,did clinicaltrialshavebeenpublishedtosupportthispractice.Infact, not include the desired combination, or did not include data to logistical issues made recent completion of a randomized derive an effect measure of our endpoint was removed. In cases controlled trial to investigate this approach for primary IA wheremultiplestudiesincludedthesamestudysubjects,onlyone challengin g.14,15 Sin ce investiga tors h ave found com parable 12- studyw asselec tedtoa voiddup lica tion. week survival for voriconazole (70.8%) and lipid amphotericin B (e.g., 72% using L-AmB 3mg/kg) and comparable response rates 2.2. Literaturesearch (50.8% compared to 50%, respectively) in the treatment of IA amongHSCT, SOT, and hematological malignancypatientswhen WeconductedasystematicsearchofMEDLINEviaPubMed(http: used as primary therapy for IA, and because these classes have //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed), EMBASE (http://www.embase. largely similar salvage efficacy, it is cogent to combine these to com),BIOSIS/WebofKnowledge(http://apps.webofknowledge.com. minimi ze hete rogeneit y.7,16–18 In de ed, in a r etrospect ive no n- ezpro xy.nihlibrary .n ih.gov/WOS _GeneralSearch_input.do?product= comparative salvage study, Maertens et al. found no significant WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&SID=4CMPf38K95Aj2alO2bo& difference in the favorable response rate at 84 days when preferencesSaved=),theCochraneControlledTrialsRegister(http:// caspofungin was combined with either an amphotericin B or www.cochrane.org/cochrane/hbook.htm),theNationalInstitutesof triazole.19W ethe reforecond ucted asyste mat icreviewandm e ta- Health (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov), a nd a meta -register of analysisofstudiesthatevaluatedtheefficacyofcombiningmold- controlled trials (http://www.controlled-trials.com) using the fol- active triazoles or a lipid amphotericin B product with an lowingsearchterms:antifungal,combination,and/oraspergillosis. 82 A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 Thesemedicalsubjectheadingsweredeemedmostexpansive,but asrefractoryorintoleranttotreatmentIArequiringanewregimen werecross-checkedwithmorespecifictermssuchasaspergillosis, including a different antifungal class), antifungal combination echinocandin,triazole,oramphotericinB.Unpublishedstudieswere intervention and monotherapy comparator, drug duration, and discoveredusingtheBritishLibraryIndextoConferenceProceedings number of participants in each group, as well as the duration of (http://www.bl.uk) and other sources (e.g., Google Scholar and follow-up,infectionsite,12-weeksurvival,andcompositeresponse. nationalandinternationalmeetings/abstracts). Data quality assessment with respect to the risk of bias was performedamongexperimentalstudiesusingallocationmethodol- 2.3. Dataextraction ogy, therapyconcealmentdetermination, outcome ascertainment (reli abilityan dvalidity),an dattritionbased ontheJa dadmethod.27 Usingadevelopedabstractiontemplate,twoinvestigators(AP Similarcomponent sources of biasweredetermined forobserva- and EP) in dependentl y extracted data from stu dies meeting our tionals tudiesusing theNew ca stle– Ottaw ascale.28 eligibilitycriteria.Theseinvestigatorswereblindedtotheauthors’ affiliated institutions, funding sources, and acknowledgments to 2.4. Dataanalysis minimizeascertainmentbias.Anydiscrepancieswereresolvedvia referencingtheoriginalsourceandgroupdiscussions.Pilotingand We stratified by therapeutic indication (primary vs. salvage) revision ofthe instrumentwas doneasneeded.Weacquiredthe and presented studies by design via forest plots. We assessed followin gin form ation:jour nala rticlec ita tion,stu dyty pe,mean age hete rogeneity of the s tud ies usin g I2 – a q uantifi catio n of the ofparticip ants,sexrat io,sourc epopu lation( e.g.,H SCT), predo mi- degreeofvaria tio nor inconsis tency acros ss tudies.29Fixed eff ects nantIAtreatmentindication(primaryorsalvage–thelatterdefined resultswerereportedforallanalyseswiththePetooddsratio(OR) Records iden(cid:2)fied through Addi(cid:2)onal records iden(cid:2)fied database searching (PubMed, through other sources (conference n EMBASE, BIOSIS, CCT) proceedings, Google Scholar) o (cid:2) (n = 1756) (n= 2575) ca (cid:2)fi n e d I Records a(cid:3)er duplicates removed (n = 1351) g n ni ee Records screened Records excluded Scr ( n = 9 0) (n = 1261) Excluded for Full-text ar(cid:2)cles assessed Full-text ar(cid:2)cles excluded, other reasons for eligibility (n = 32) due to incorrect or y (n = 25) (n=55) no comparator group, or bilit reports with overlapping gi Eli cases t o included studies Stufdui ertsh reerv dieewtae idl in with o ri nwfoi t rhmoua(cid:2)t osunffi cient (n=33) Records with echinocandin d as comparator for sensi(cid:2)vity ude Studi es included in Sensi(cid:2)vity analysis Incl qua( nm(cid:2)et(atna(cid:2) -=vae n2 as4yl)ynstish)e sis analysis soa(blnvs ae =gr8ev; aI2A(cid:2) c oolnirna bilc o asttlh ut drpiiarelissm ,f a6o r ry and salvage indica(cid:2)ons) Primary analysis Completed clinical trials (n = 2): Observa(cid:2)onal studies (n = 14): Primary IA (n = 2); Primary IA (n = 9); Salvage IA (n = 0) Salvage IA (n = 4); Both (n = 1) Figure1.Flowdiagramoftheselectionprocessforstudyinclusioninthemeta-analysisofcombinationantifungaltherapyforthetreatmentofacuteinvasiveaspergillosis. Table1 Observationalandexperimentalstudiesofcombinationantifungaltherapycomparedwithmonotherapyforthetreatmentofinvasiveaspergillosis,meetingtheinclusioncriteria Citation Typeof Study Study Predominant Combination Combination Monotherapy Monotherapy Follow-up Age(median Maleto study location population indication treatment treatmentduration treatment treatmentduration [range]or female regimen (median[range] regimen (median[range]or Mean(cid:2) ratio orMean(cid:2)SD Mean(cid:2)SDdays,or SDyears) days,or approximation) approximation) Munoz Retrospective Boston,MA Hematological Primary Voriconazole+ N/A Voriconazole (cid:3)14 >100days NR NR etal.34 cohort malignancy caspofungin Steinbach Retrospective USA HSCT,SOT, Primary OLAT+caspofungin (cid:3)7 Voriconazole 14–28 12weeks NR 2.1 etal.35 cohort (multicenter) hematological malignancy Marr Retrospective Seattle,WA HSCT Salvage Voriconazole+ 68[3–248] Voriconazole 33[2–205] 3months 47[17–66] 0.62 etal.36 cohort caspofungin A Trullas Retrospective Spain HSCT,SOT Primary AmB-d+ NR L-AmBorABLC NR NR 51.7(cid:2)14.1 1.81 .A etal.37 cohort caspofungin .P a Dı´az Retrospective Spain SOT, Salvage Voriconazole+ NR Voriconazole NR 30days 51.5[4.5–75.5] 1.29 n a Pedroche cohort hematological caspofungin ck etal.38 malignancy ale Singh Prospective International SOT Primary Voriconazole+ NR L-AmB <90 90days 50[19–68] mono:0.9; ta Caeeilttloaatll..3498 cColihnoicratltrial F(mraunlcteicenter) HheSmCTa,tological Primary Lccaa-AssppmooBffuu+nnggiinn 18[10–35] L(1-A0mmBg/kg/day) 17[4–24] 12weeks 53.6[16–75] 2co.3m3bo:2.1 l./Intern malignancy atio Waala Retrospective Seattle,WA HSCT, Primary Voriconazole+ 16.2(cid:2)10 Voriconazole 28.1(cid:2)28.2 3months NR 0.8 n a etal.40 cohort hematological echinocandin lJo malignancy u Pagano Prospective Italy AML Primary L-AmBor 20[2–90] L-AmBorvoriconazole 20[2–90] 120days 57[14–79] 1.8 rna etal.41 cohort (multicenter) voriconazoleor orposaconazole lo posaconazole+ fIn Mihu Retrospective Houston,TX Hematological Salvage Lca-AspmoBfu+ngin 14[2–112] L-AmB 8[1–170] 12weeks 50[9–79] 1.6 fectio etal.42 cohort malignancy echinocandin usD Secthawl.4a3rtz Rcoehtroorstpective I(nmteurltniacteinotnearl) HheSmCTa,toSlOoTg,ical Salvage Vcaosrpicoofunnazgoinle+ NR Voriconazole 48[1–1128] 12months 44[0.75–81] 1.35 isea malignancy ses2 Lortholary Prospective France HSCT,SOT, Primary Voriconazole+ NR Voriconazole NR 12weeks 56[18–84] 1.64 8 etal.44 cohort hematological OLAT (2 0 malignancy 14 Jacobs Prospective Belgium HSCT,SOT, Primary Voriconazole+ 49.5[1–183] Voriconazole 32[1–183] 183days 55.6[14–85] 1.46 )8 etal.45 cohort (multicenter) hematological OLAT 0– 9 malignancy 4 Marr Clinicaltrial International HSCT, Primary Voriconazole+ 14–28 Voriconazole (cid:3)42 12weeks 52[18–83] 1.25 etal.14 (multicenter) hematological anidulafungin malignancy Racil Retrospective CzechRepublic HSCT, Primary+ Voriconazole+ 19[5–159] Voriconazoleor 15[5–139] 12months 56[3–77] 1.44 etal.46 cohort (multicenter) hematological salvage caspofungin L-AmB malignancy Baddley Retrospective USA HSCT,SOT Primary VoriconazoleorL- Mean115 Voriconazoleor Mean115 12weeks 49(cid:2)14.7 1.55 etal.47 cohort (multicenter) AmB+caspofungin L-AmB Citation Organinvolvement Number in combina- Numberinmonother- Dataqualityassessmentpoints: Dataqualityassessmentpoints: tiongroup apygroup Experimentalstudies*(max.5points) Observationalstudiesz(max.9points) Pulmonary Extrapulmonary Primary Salvage Primary Salvage Randomized Concealment Attrition Selection Comparability Outcome Munozetal.34 NR NR 10 N/A 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 1 0 Steinbachetal.35 74 9 17 N/A 34 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 1 2 Marretal.36 40 7 N/A 16 N/A 31 N/A N/A N/A 4 2 3 Trullasetal.37 25 6 8 N/A 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 0 0 83 84 A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 Table1(Continued) CitationOrganinvolvementNumberincombina-Numberinmonother-Dataqualityassessmentpoints:Dataqualityassessmentpoints:*ztiongroupapygroupExperimentalstudies(max.5points)Observationalstudies(max.9points) PulmonaryExtrapulmonaryPrimarySalvagePrimarySalvageRandomizedConcealmentAttritionSelectionComparabilityOutcome 38´153N/A12N/A12N/AN/AN/A311DıazPedrocheetal.39Singhetal.783040N/A47N/AN/AN/AN/A32248Caillotetal.30015N/A15N/A201N/AN/AN/A40Waalaetal.NRNR19N/A38N/AN/AN/AN/A31241Paganoetal.12614143774N/AN/AN/A42242Mihuetal.11526N/A71N/A70N/AN/AN/A42343Schwartzetal.0120NR18NR102N/AN/AN/A42244Lortholaryetal.3652873N/A294N/AN/AN/AN/A42245Jacobsetal.NRNR27N/A72N/AN/AN/AN/A32214Marretal.2770135N/A142N/A221N/AN/AN/A46Raciletal.165114177612N/AN/AN/A40247Baddleyetal.33472103NR141NRN/AN/AN/A322 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regimen duration regimen (median[range] [range]or ratio (median orMean(cid:2)SDdays, Mean(cid:2)SD [range]orMean orapproximation) years) (cid:2)SDdays,or approximation) Denning Clinicaltrial International HSCT,SOT, Primary+salvage Micafungin+OLAT 35[7–284] Micafungin <90 6weeksafterRx 36[0.2–84] 1.73 etal.55 (multicenter) hematological malignancy,others Izumikawa Retrospective Japan non-HSCT,non- Primary OLAT+micafungin 59.2[29–96] Micafungin 59.2[29–96] EOT 61.9[20–83] 3.5 A etal.49 cohort hematological .A malignancy .Pa Kontoyiannis Prospective International HSCT Primary+salvage OLAT+micafungin NR Micafungin NR (cid:5)90days NR NR na etal.50 cohort (multicenter) cka Lichtenstern Retrospective Multinational SOT Primary OLAT+caspofungin56[22–228] Caspofungin 59[9–398] 7daysafterEOT 56 1.92 le etal.51 cohort (Germanyand ta otherEuropean l./In countries) te Maertens Prospective International HSCT, Primary+salvage OLAT+caspofunginNR Caspofungin NR 7daysafterEOT 50.4(cid:2)16.09 1.64 rn a etal.52 cohort (multicenter) hematological tio malignancy na Winkler Retrospective International SOT Primary OLAT+caspofunginNR Caspofungin NR 7daysafterEOT NR NR lJo etal.53 cohort (multicenter) urn Egeetrearl.54 Rcoehtroorstpective I(nmteurltniacteinotnearl) HhmeSamCliTag,tnoalnocgyic,aolther Primary+salvage OLAT+caspofunginNR Caspofungin 13.7[5–38] 7daysafterEOT 57[17–75] 1.33 alofInfe Jareqtuael.56 Clinicaltrial Spain Hmeamligantoalnocgyical Salvage VAmorBico+ncaazsoploefourngLi-n19[2–52] Caspofungin 19[2–52] 28days 52[23–78] 1.5 ctiou (B) sD Citation Pulmonary Extrapulmonary Primarycombo Salvagecombo Primarymono Salvagemono Randomized* Concealment* Attrition* Selectionz Comparabilityz Outcomez isea se Denningetal.55 61 19 17 173 12 22 0 1 1 N/A N/A N/A s2 IKzounmtoikyaiawnaniesteatl.a49l.50 981 017 57 N83/A 42 4N/A NN//AA NN//AA NN//AA 24 11 12 8(20 1 LMicahetretennstseerntaelt.5a2l.51 N87R N16R 45 N11/A 415 N70/A NN//AA NN//AA NN//AA 44 12 22 4)80 Winkleretal.53 NR NR 10 N/A 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 1 2 –9 Egereretal.54 NR NR 1 5 10 26 N/A N/A N/A 4 1 1 4 Jarqueetal.56 34 0 N/A 20 N/A 14 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A *Jadadqualityassessmentscale;zNewcastle-Ottawaqualityassessmentscale;HSCT=hematopoieticstemcelltransplant;SOT=solidorgantransplant;EOT= endoftreatment;N/A=notapplicable;NR=notreported; OLAT=otherlicensedantifungaltherapy;Antifungaldrugdoseswereasfollowsunlessotherwiseindicated:itraconazole200mgIVorpoTID;voriconazole6mg/kgIVorpoq12h(cid:4)1dayfollowedby4mg/kgIVq12h; posaconazole200mgpoTID;liposomalamphotericinB(L-AmB)3–5mg/kgIVqd;amphotericinBlipidcomplex(ABLC)5mg/kgIVqd;amphotericinBcolloiddispersion(ABCD)3–4mg/kgIVqd;amphotericinBdeoxycholate (AmB-d)0.7mg/kgIVqd;caspofungin70mgIV(cid:4)1dthen50mgIVqd;Micafungin100mgIVqd;Anidulafungin200mgIV(cid:4)1then100mgIVqd;Dosagesareasmentionedunlessotherwisestatedintabletext. 8 5 86 A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 (t2=0.20(cid:2)0.22;I2=49.0%;p=0.05).Thiswasconfirmedvisuallyby 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TrialofCombinationAntifungalTherapy(Vori+Micavs.Vori+Placebo)inInvasiveAspergillosis(http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01207128?term=aspergillosis+and+combination&rank=4)Primaryoutcome:Responseat6weekswhereresponseisdefinedasnormalizationoftheserumAspergillusgalactomannanindex(GMI)values(firstnormalGMIvalueisconsidereddayofresponse)WithdrawnpriortoenrollmentVoriconazoleAndAnidulafunginCombinationForInvasiveAspergillosisInPediatricSubjects(http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01188759?term=aspergillosis&rank=10)Primaryoutcome:Safetyandtolerabilityofvoriconazoleandanidulafunginincombinationversusvoriconazolealoneasdeterminedbyratesofadverseeventsat12weeks(EOT)Secondaryoutcomes:Rateofall-causemortalityat6weeksandatEOTGlobalresponsetotherapyat6weeksandatEOTWithdrawnpriortoenrollmentAStudytoEvaluatetheEffectivenessofVoriconazole+MicafunginVersusVoriconazoleAloneforInvasiveAspergillosis(http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00423163?term=aspergillosis&rank=12).Primaryoutcome:Globalsuccess(completeandpartialresponse)at6weeksbasedonthecombinationofclinical,mycological,andradiologicalresponseSecondaryoutcomes:Globalsuccessatweek12,favorableresponseandsurvivalatweeks6and12.Globalsuccessandfavorableresponsebyinfectionsite,overallfrequencyofemergentandrecurrentfungalinfectionsatweeks6and12,durationoffavorableresponse,andrelationshipofgalactomannantoclinicaloutcomeEstimatedenrollment350Withdrawnpriortoenrollment 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DOiusrcuresssuioltnsindicatethatthereismeta-evidencetosupportthat me dual an tifunga l therap y aff ords sig nificantly impr ov ed 12-w eek at tre survival and composite success over monotherapy when given as Startdate 2/2011 5/2012 2/2007 OT,endof btshayle v paarbgimese tanhrceyer aaopnfy da f posarr loIvApae.g nTeos it tchyoe nsrcatroporyle , f-ofimrn acdtoicnnhgfeo dtu hnaandtai nltyhgs ebirsye, wiwneda issc taratanito i8nfi0 ei%nd E increased odds of 12-week survival among those who received A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 87 Figure2.Forest(leftcolumn)andGalbraith(rightcolumn)plotsofstudiescontainingdataofcombinationantifungaltherapyversusmonotherapybytherapeuticindication andprimaryandsecondaryoutcomes(asdefinedinthetext).(a)Primarysurvival.(b)Primaryclinicalresponse.(c)Salvagesurvival.(d)Salvageclinicalresponse.The com positeef fectm easureise xpresseda sth ePetoo dds rat io.Afi xed effectsm odelwas fitt edforall analyses .Ifheterog en eitywas presentv iath eI2test andGal braithplot s(x- axis=inversestandarderrororprecision;y-axis=Z-score;slopeisthemodelpointestimate)andthenumberofstudies(k)>8,arandomeffectsmodelusingthe DerSimonian–Laird estimator and an approximate t-test for confidence intervals are also reported (see text). (e) When studies that included echinocandins as the monotherapycomparatorforsalvagewereincluded,sincethisdrugclasshassimilarefficacyforrefractoryinvasiveaspergillosisastheothersingledrugclasses,combination therapyremainedofsignificantbenefitovermonotherapyamongobservationalstudies;thesuccessendpointisonlylistedassurvivalandwasnotuniformlyassessedin thesestudies.RCT=clinicaltrialsandnotnecessarilythemethodofallocation. 88 A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 Fig.2. (Continued). A.A.Panackaletal./InternationalJournalofInfectiousDiseases28(2014)80–94 89 Fig.2. (Continued). combinationtherapycomparedtothosewhoreceivedsingle-drug Our results also demonstrated that the meta-evidence to therapy as salvage, and this effect remained when restricted to support the routine use of combination antifungal therapy for high-qualityobservationalstudies.Theglobalsuccessdropped39– initial target IA treatment is less pronounced. While our fixed 45% (all vs. high quality studies) after adding similar studies in effects model showed a benefit of combination therapy for 12- whichechinocandinswerethecomparator,butremainedsignifi- weeksurvivalinbothstudydesigns,theheterogeneityamongthe cant.Moreover,althoughsalvagetherapyclinicaltrialsfoundno observational studies negated this when random effects were benefit,theirqualitywaspoor. applied. Of note, when we restricted observational studies on

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