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Selective Versus Nonselective Alpha-blockade Prior to Pheochromocytoma Resection - Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Completed
Conditions
Pheochromocytoma
Interventions
Drug: Selective alpha-1-antagonist
Drug: Non-selective alpha-1-antagonist
Registration Number
NCT04557072
Lead Sponsor
Jagiellonian University
Brief Summary

Our aim was to systematically evaluate the current data on the efficacy of pretreatment with either selective or nonselective alpha-blockade on the hemodynamic instability and morbidity during pheochromocytoma resection.

Detailed Description

RCTs and non-randomized controlled studies comparing preoperative selective alpha-blockade (SAB) with nonselective alpha-blockade (NAB) in pheochromocytoma surgery in adults were eligible for inclusion.

All identified articles will be screened by title and abstract. Two independent reviewers will review potentially relevant articles in detail. Dissent will be resolved by consensus and the recommendation of a third observer as required. Data from the included studies will be extracted independently by the two researchers. The Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines will be used for reporting.

Quality of Assessment The Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool will be used to assess the quality of included non-randomized studies. The risk of bias of randomized studies will be assessed using the criteria described in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions .The quality of each study will be assessed by two of the authors. In the event of uncertainties regarding the levels of the studies' quality, a third reviewer will be consulted.

Analysis will be performed using RevMan (Version 5.3, freeware from the Cochrane Collaboration). Odds ratios and their associated 95% confidence intervals will be pooled for dichotomous outcomes using the Mantel-Haenszel random-effects method. Continuous outcomes will be pooled as weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95 per cent confidence interval using the inverse-variance random-effects method. WMD and OR will be presented on the graphs as squares, and pooled WMD and OR will be presented as diamond.

P ≤ 0.05 will be considered a statistically significant difference for hypothesis and P \< 0.10 for heterogeneity testing, respectively.

Heterogeneity between the studies will be estimated by statistical tests I2 and Cochran's Q tests.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1344
Inclusion Criteria
  • All patients who received selective or nonselective alpha-blockade prior to pheochromocytoma resection
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who did not receive alpha blockade
  • Patients not undergoing surgery
  • No comparison for selective and non-selective pretreatment in the study
  • Studies without primary or sufficient data (reviews, guidelines, meeting abstracts, letters),
  • Studies reported in a language other than English

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
The selective alpha-blockade groupSelective alpha-1-antagonistPatients treated with selective alpha-blockade before pheochromocytoma surgery
The non-selective alpha-blockade groupNon-selective alpha-1-antagonistPatients treated with non-selective alpha-blockade before pheochromocytoma surgery
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intraoperative maximum systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)intraoperative
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intraoperative minimum systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)intraoperative
Frequency of systolic blood pressure >160 mmHgintraoperative
Intraoperative maximum diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)intraoperative
intraoperative maximum heart rate (beats/min)intraoperative
Intraoperative vasopressors administrationintraoperative

(number of patients requiring vasopressors administration)

Intraoperative vasodilators administrationintraoperative

(number of patients requiring vasopressors administration)

Operative time (min)intraoperative
Overall morbidity30 days
Length of hospital stay (days)Up to 30 days
Postoperative minimum systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)24 hours
Postoperative vasopressors administration24 hours

(number of patients requiring vasopressors administration)

Mortality30 days
Time of alpha-adrenolytics administrationUp to 30 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

2nd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College

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Kraków, Polska, Poland

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