Review Article

A Comparison of Chemotherapy Used with and without Apatinib for Patients with Ovarian Carcinoma Who Progressed after Standard Regimens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Meta-analysis results of adverse drug reactions (Figures S1–S9).

OutcomesNumber of trialsExperimental group (events/total)Control group (events/total)SMOR (95% CI)I2Heterogeneity value

Myelosuppression (Figure S1)538/16236/166FEM1.16 (0.61, 2.17)0%0.920.65
Leucopenia (Figure S2)549/11954/127FEM1.00 (0.56, 1.79)0%0.680.99
Hypertension (Figure S3)1198/33940/351REM3.18 (1.63, 6.20)53%0.02<0.001
Proteinuria (Figure S4)628/14812/160FEM3.14 (1.51, 6.52)30%0.210.002
Gastrointestinal reaction (Figure S5)580/16590/173FEM0.87 (0.55, 1.37)0%0.980.54
Nausea/vomiting (Figure S6)540/16140/161FEM1.00 (0.58, 1.73)0%0.781.00
Hand-foot syndrome (Figure S7)760/20119/213REM4.39 (1.59, 12.15)55%0.040.004
Liver/renal dysfunction (Figure S8)432/11338/117FEM0.81 (0.46, 1.44)0%0.740.47
Fatigue (Figure S9)28/547/58FEM1.23 (0.41, 3.66)0%0.480.71

Note: SM: statistical method, REM: random-effects model, FEM: fixed-effects model, OR: odds ratio, and CI: confidence interval.