Abstract
Background
To date, universally accepted preventive measures for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) do not exist, and they warrant further research.
Objective
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of vitamins, including vitamin C and E, for prevention of CI-AKI.
Methods
We electronically searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases. The outcome of interest was the incidence of CI-AKI.
Results
A total of 19 studies were included in this meta-analysis. Pooled analysis showed that vitamin C plus saline [relative risk (RR) = 0.63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.49–0.82, p = 0.0005] and vitamin E plus saline (RR = 0.39, 95% CI 0.24–0.62, p < 0.0001) significantly reduced the incidence of CI-AKI compared to saline alone. The effect of vitamin C plus saline was further confirmed by trial sequential analysis (TSA). However, TSA indicated that more trials are required to confirm the efficacy of vitamin E plus saline. There was no significant difference in preventing CI-AKI between vitamin C and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) (RR = 0.90, 95% CI 0.47–1.71, p = 0.75), between vitamin C plus NAC and saline (RR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.30–1.30, p = 0.20), as well as between vitamin C plus NAC and NAC (RR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.49–1.92, p = 0.93).
Conclusions
Vitamin C plus saline administration is effective at reducing the risk of CI-AKI. Evidence for the use of vitamin E plus saline in this context is encouraging, but more trials are required. Furthermore, this meta-analysis and TSA indicated insufficient power to draw a definitive conclusion on the effect of vitamin C plus NAC, versus saline or NAC alone, which needs to be explored further.
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Research idea and study design: YX, JG, XZ; data acquisition: ZG, JG; data analysis/interpretation: ZG, JG, YX; statistical analysis: YX; the writing of the paper: ZG, XZ, BL; supervision or mentorship: JG, YX.
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This study was supported in part by Hainan Natural Science Foundation of China to Z.Y.G (No.20168350) and Sanya Medical and Health Science and Technology Innovation Project of China to Z.Y.G (No. 2015YW24).
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Yongxing Xu, Xinming Zheng, Boran Liang, Jianjun Gao and Zhaoyan Gu declare that they have no conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this manuscript.
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Xu, Y., Zheng, X., Liang, B. et al. Vitamins for Prevention of Contrast-induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Trial Sequential Analysis. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 18, 373–386 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-018-0274-3
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