Meta-analysis on effect of Kushen Gel on high-risk cervical HPV infection / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To systematically evaluate the effectiveness of Kushen Gel in the treatment of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection. Methods: The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, Medline, Wanfang, VIP, CNKI, and CBM databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Kushen Gel in the treatment of the cervical high-risk HPV infection from their inception to December 2019. Two researchers screened the articles, extracted the data, assessed the risk of bias of the eligble studies independently, and performed Meta-analysis with RevMan 5.3. Results: A total of 583 cases were included in five RCTs. The Meta-analysis showed that HR-HPV negative rate [RR = 1.38, 95% CI(1.20, 1.58), P 0.05). Conclusion: The therapeutic effect of applying Kushen Gel can increase the rate of clearance of HPV, reduce HPV-DNA load, and reduce postoperative complication. There is no evidence that the use of Kushen Gel after LEEP can reduce the recurrence rate of CIN2/CIN3. Due to the limitation of the quantity and quality of the included studies, the results need to be further verified and updated by more high-quality RCTs.