Mistletoe Extracts during the Oncological Perioperative Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Randomized Controlled Trials.

Background: We aim to evaluate the safety and efficacy of mistletoe extract (ME) use during the oncological perioperative period. Methods: Details registered a priori on PROSPERO (CRD42018086168). Results: Seven RCTs (comprising 663 participants in nine reports) and three nonrandomized studies were...

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Publicado en:Current Oncology Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 8196 - 8220
Autores principales: Cogo, Elise, Elsayed, Mohamed, Bhardwaj, Sukriti, Cooley, Kieran, Aycho, Christilynn, Liang, Vivian, Papadogianis, Peter, Psihogios, Athanasios, Seely, Dugald
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: MDPI Sep2023
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          Cogo, Elise
          Elsayed, Mohamed
          Bhardwaj, Sukriti
          Cooley, Kieran
          Aycho, Christilynn
          Liang, Vivian
          Papadogianis, Peter
          Psihogios, Athanasios
          Seely, Dugald
        affil: Patterson Institute for Integrative Oncology Research, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, ON M2K 1E2, Canada
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      ab: Background: We aim to evaluate the safety and efficacy of mistletoe extract (ME) use during the oncological perioperative period. Methods: Details registered a priori on PROSPERO (CRD42018086168). Results: Seven RCTs (comprising 663 participants in nine reports) and three nonrandomized studies were included. In five RCTs, ME was evaluated as adjunctive care and the control group had no additional intervention, whereas in two RCTs, ME was compared head-to-head against common cancer treatments (i.e., etoposide or bacillus Calmette-Guérin) with the intervention groups not receiving standard care. Meta-analyses found no evidence for a difference between ME and no added therapy for mortality and recurrence (RR, 95% CI: 1.00, 0.79–1.27; and 1.03, 0.79–1.33, respectively). Two RCTs reported beneficial effects of ME on immune cells, specifically natural killer cells, in colorectal cancer, and one RCT reported quality of life improvement. Two RCTs reported ME discontinuations due to adverse events and grade 3/4 toxicities. Nevertheless, no safety signals were detected from these 10 studies. Quality appraisal revealed a substantial risk of bias. Conclusions: Preliminary data are encouraging for mistletoe extracts, particularly in the context of colorectal cancer. However, the evidence is limited by the number of studies, an evaluation of different outcomes, and methodological limitations. Further high-quality research is warranted.
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