The effect of Varenicline and Bupropion on smoking cessation: A network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials

Yang, KH (通讯作者),Lanzhou Univ, Evidence Based Med Ctr, Sch Basic Med Sci, 199 Donggang West Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.;Li, XX (通讯作者),Lanzhou Univ, Hlth Technol Assessment Ctr, Evidence Based Social Sci Res Ctr, Sch Publ Hlth, 199 Donggang West Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.
2022
Objective: A network meta-analysis (NMA) was conducted to investigate the effect of varenicline (VAR), bupropion (BUP), and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) on smoking cessation. Methods: Eight databases were searched in May 2021, and only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using varenicline, bupropion, or NRT (single or combined) for smoking cessation were included. The risk of bias in the included RCTs was assessed using the Cochrane Handbook tool. Stata 15.1 software was used to perform NMA, and the quality of the evidence was evaluated using Confidence in Network Meta-analysis (CINeMA). Findings: Twenty RCTs involving 16,702 smokers were included. The risk of bias results showed that 10 RCTs were rated as high, three were low, and seven were unclear. A total of 21 pairs were compared based on seven interventions. The NMA showed that, compared to the placebo (PLA), the other six interventions had significant efficacy in smoking cessation, where VAR + BUP showed the best effect of all treatments (odds ratio (OR) = 6.08, 95% confidence interval (CI) [3.47, 10.66]). Moreover, VAR + BUP was superior to VAR + NRT (OR = 1.66, 95% CI [1.07, 2.59]) and the three monotherapies (VAR, BUP, and NRT). In the monotherapies, the results of pairwise comparisons of VAR, BUP, and NRT did not show significant differences. Finally, the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) value indicated that VAR + BUP had the greatest probability of becoming the best intervention. Conclusions: The efficacy of VAR, BUP, and NRT alone increased the odds of smoking abstinence better than the placebo, combined interventions were superior to monotherapy, and VAR combined with other interventions had a better smoking cessation effect.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
卷号:131
ISSN:0306-4603|收录类别:SCIE
DOI
10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107329
来源机构
Lanzhou University; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou University
EISSN
1873-6327
网络首发日期
2022-04
出版年
2022
资助信息
Funding for this study was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant: 72074103) ; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2021-ct06, lzujbky-2021-kb22) ; the Gansu Special Project of Soft Science (20CX9ZA109) . They had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
语种
英语
被引频次(WOS)
4
180天使用计数
5
2013以来使用计数
11
被引更新日期
2023-02-19
关联机构
兰州大学循证社会科学中心
关键词
Bupropion Varenicline Smoking cessation Network meta-analysis
资助机构
National Natural Science Foundation of China [72074103] Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2021-ct06, lzujbky-2021-kb22] Gansu Special Project of Soft Science [20CX9ZA109]
WOS学科分类
Psychology, Clinical Substance Abuse