PMID- 34650920 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240403 IS - 2234-943X (Print) IS - 2234-943X (Electronic) IS - 2234-943X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2021 TI - Efficacy and Safety of First-Line Chemotherapies for Patients With Advanced Biliary Tract Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. PG - 736113 LID - 10.3389/fonc.2021.736113 [doi] LID - 736113 AB - BACKGROUND: At present, chemotherapy is still the primary treatment for advanced biliary tract carcinoma, but it is challenging to balance the efficacy and side effects. Network meta-analysis (NMA) is a better way to identify the protocol, and the advantage is that it can be combined with direct and indirect evidence to judge the best treatment regimens. Therefore, we conducted NMA on the searched randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS: NMA was conducted regarding the searched RCTs by comparing progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), objective remission rates (ORRs), and adverse events (AEs) of different chemotherapy protocols. RESULTS: We screened 24 studies that met the inclusion criteria for further analysis. Compared with other regimens, the best supportive care (BSC) or FUFA protocol has a worse OS. Folfox4, GEMOX+erlotinib, and C+GEMOX can improve patients' PFS compared with BSC. Patients receiving GP+cediranib protocol have higher ORRs. There was reduced neutropenia grade >/=3 when adopting GP+cediranib, GS, C+GEMOX, RAM+GP, and MER+GP than when using FUFA protocol. The probability of vomiting of XELOX is lower than that of GEM+XELOX. There is a lower diarrhea incidence of XELOX than that of GEMOX+erlotinib. The results of cluster grade analysis illustrated that GEMOX+erlotinib owned a higher ORR and a higher surface under the cumulative ranking (SUCRA) of neutropenia and vomiting but also had a lower SUCRA of diarrhea and fatigue. Meanwhile, both GEMOX and C+GEMOX have a better ORR and a higher AE SUCRA. CONCLUSION: The NMA demonstrated that chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy has better efficacy and lower incidence of AEs than chemotherapy alone. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Jiang, Zeng, Zeng, Liu, Qiu, Li, Tang, Mo, Du and Ma. FAU - Jiang, Yanfeng AU - Jiang Y AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Zeng, Zhiming AU - Zeng Z AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Zeng, Jie AU - Zeng J AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Liu, Cuizhen AU - Liu C AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Qiu, Jinfeng AU - Qiu J AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Li, Ye AU - Li Y AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Tang, Jing AU - Tang J AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Mo, Ning AU - Mo N AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Du, Lihua AU - Du L AD - Department of Oncology, Liuzhou People's Hospital, Liuzhou, China. FAU - Ma, Jie AU - Ma J AD - Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. LA - eng PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20210928 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Oncol JT - Frontiers in oncology JID - 101568867 PMC - PMC8507323 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adverse events OT - biliary tract carcinoma OT - chemotherapies OT - first-line OT - network meta-analysis COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/16 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/10/15 06:38 PHST- 2021/07/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/15 06:38 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fonc.2021.736113 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Oncol. 2021 Sep 28;11:736113. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.736113. eCollection 2021.