Hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for preeclampsia, hypertension and prematurity in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A meta-analysis
- 15 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Lupus
- Vol. 30 (7), 1163-1174
- https://doi.org/10.1177/09612033211007199
Abstract
This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of HCQ in improving the maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies with SLE. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database for relevant English language articles, and Wanfang, CNKI and VIP for Chinese articles, from the databases’ inception to April 30, 2020. These studies compared the maternal and/or fetal outcomes between pregnant patients with SLE who were administered HCQ during pregnancy (HCQ+ group) and those who were not administered HCQ (HCQ− group). Two investigators extracted the data and assessed the quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and GRADE criteria independently. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. All statistical analyses were conducted using the Stata 12.0 software. Nine studies involving 1132 pregnancies were included in the study (3 case controls, 2 prospective cohorts, 4 retrospective cohorts). Preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, and prematurity were significantly lower in the HCQ+ group than in the HCQ− group (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.21–0.59), (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.19–0.89) and (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.36–0.86), respectively. There were no significant differences in the rates of HELLP Syndrome (OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.19–3.96), gestational diabetes (OR 2.3, 95% CI 0.44–12.12), thrombotic events (OR 0.26, 95% CI 0.05–1.51), spontaneous abortion (OR 1.77, 95% CI 0.96–3.26), premature rupture of membranes (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.24–1.39), oligohydramnios (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.38–2.14), live birth (OR 1.22, 95% CI 0.60–2.47), stillbirth (OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.50–2.00), congenital malformation (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.14–2.04), low birth weight (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.43–1.39), intrauterine distress (OR 1.07, 95% CI 0.41–2.76,), intrauterine growth restriction (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.06–5.43), or five-minute APGAR score <7 (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.20–2.58) between the two groups. HCQ treatment during pregnancy could reduce the risk of preeclampsia, pregnancy hypertension and prematurity in SLE patients. The certainty of evidence is high but majority of the studies included are retrospective studies and not randomized controlled trials. Therefore, the multidisciplinary management of pregnant patients with SLE should promote HCQ use, irrespective of disease activity or severity.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81771768)
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