ABSTRACT Objective:To systemically assess the security and efficacy of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy induced diarrhea (CID), as well as the protective and repair effects on intestinal mucosal barrier. Methods: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data were electronically searched up to August 31st 2017. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of probiotics for prevention and treatment of chemotherapy associated diarrhea was comprehensively collected. Extracted relevant material and the bias of the included literature was evaluated methodologically according to the “risk bias assessment” tool recommended in the Cochrane manual of version 5.0.1. And the Meta analysis was carried out with Stata 12 statistical software. Results:A total of 20 RCTs were included, including 1 727 patients. Meta analysis showed that compared with the control group, probiotics group could reduce the incidence of CID [OR=0.26, 95%CI(0.19, 0.35), P<0.000 1] and severe CID in grade Ⅲ and above [OR=0.28, 95%CI(0.16, 0.52), P<0.000 1], improving the total effective rate [OR=4.25, 95%CI(2.78, 6.48), P<0.000 1] and markedly effective rate of CID patients [OR=2.16, 95%CI(1.60, 2.91), P<0.000 1]; reducing the number of diarrhea days [SMD=-3.57, 95%CI(-5.85, -1.29), P=0.002]; and reducing serum ET [SMD=-0.95, 95%CI (-1.21,-0.68), P<0.000 1], DAO [SMD=-1.52, 95%CI(-2.73,-0.31), P<0.000 1], D lactate [SMD=-1.92, 95%CI(-2.29, -1.55), P<0.000 1] and TNF α [SMD=-1.13, 95%CI(-1.55,-0.70), P<0.000 1]. Conclusion:The incidence of CID in cancer patients could be effectively reduced by taking probiotics before chemotherapy. In the treatment of patients with CID, adjuvant use of probiotics could improve the efficacy of CID treatment, at meanwhile, could reduce the permeability of intestinal mucosa, protecting and repairing the barrier of intestinal mucosa. Due to limited quantity and quality of the included studies, more high quality studies were need to verify above conclusions. |