Research Article
The Efficacy of Mirabegron in Medical Expulsive Therapy for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
The details of each included study.
| Study | Country | Study design | Treatment | Sample size | Dosage | Follow-up period | Date of study | Eligibility criteria | Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control |
| Mehmet S (2019) | Turkey | Retrospective study | Mirabegron | Control | 34 | 34 | 50 mg/day | 15 days | Apr 2017 to Jan 2018 | Patients with stones smaller than 10 mm that were located in the intramural ureteral segment | Göksel B (2019) | Turkey | RCT | Mirabegron | Control | 62 | 63 | 50 mg/day | 4 weeks | Jun 2017 to Aug 2018 | Patients aged 18–75 years were scheduled to undergo ureteroscopy for ureteral stones | Göksel B (2020) | Turkey | RCT | Mirabegron | Control | 56 | 59 | 50 mg/day | 4 weeks | NA | Patients had ureter stones in size between 4 and 10 mm | Qing T (2021) | China | RCT | Mirabegron | Control | 45 | 45 | 50 mg/day | 4 weeks | Dec 2019 to Nov 2020 | Patients aged 18–65 years were diagnosed as distal ureteral stones ≤10 mm |
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RCT, randomized controlled trial; NA, not available.
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