Efficacy and safety of berberine for premature ventricular contractions : a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials

CONTEXT: Berberine is a potential drug that can effectively treat cardiovascular diseases, including premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of berberine for PVCs.

METHODS: The literature was searched using PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception to October 1, 2022. The risk of bias was assessed using the Revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials, and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system was adopted to assess the quality of evidence.

RESULTS: Ten RCTs with 896 participants were included in the meta-analysis. The results showed that compared to antiarrhythmic drugs (AD), berberine (BE) combined with AD had a higher effective rate (RR = 1.26; 95% CI:1.12, 1.42; p = 0.0001) with no significant incidence of adverse reactions (RR = 0.93; 95% CI:0.33, 2.57; p = 0.88), and BE alone had no significant difference in effective rate (RR = 0.91; 95% CI:0.77, 1.07; p = 0.23), and a lower incidence of adverse reactions (RR = 0.38; 95% CI:0.15, 0.97; p = 0.04) and recurrence rate (RR = 0.40; 95% CI:0.18, 0.88; p = 0.02).

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that BE is an effective and safe adjunctive method for PVCs. In addition, BE is recommended for patients with PVCs who had severe adverse reactions after administrating AD as an alternative therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Pharmaceutical biology - 61(2023), 1 vom: 09. Dez., Seite 1474-1483

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qiao, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Chaoren [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Cuncun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zijia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhifei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0I8Y3P32UF
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Berberine
Complementary alternative medicine
Coptis chinensis
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Review
Systematic Review
Traditional Chinese medicine

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 23.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13880209.2023.2248167

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363478922