Reevaluation of systematic evaluation of the clinical effect of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction treating knee osteoarthritis
XU Yueling1 ZENG Lanqing1 LIANG Peiwen2 CHENG Ting2 SUN Weidong2 HU Haiwei2 SUN Yongsheng2 MU Xiaohong1
1.Department of Osteology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; 2.the Second Department of Osteoarthropathy, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China
Abstract:Objective To reevaluate the systematic review and meta-analysis of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on Duhuo Jisheng Decoction in the treatment of KOA were collected from CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, CBM, PubMed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and Prospero. The search period was from inception until December 2022. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement was used to evaluate report quality, AMSTAR-2 scale was used to evaluate methodological quality, and GRADE system was used to grade the evidence quality of outcome indicators. Results A total of eight literatures were included, the control group involved western medicine and acupuncture, and the experimental group used Duhuo Jisheng Decoction alone and Duhuo Jisheng Decoction on the basis of the control group. PRISMA statement scores of eight literatures were ≥20 points, and the evaluation results of AMSTAR-2 scale showed that many key items were substandard, and the methodological quality of the literatures was extremely low. The evaluation results of the GRADE system showed that there was no high quality of evidence and the overall quality of evidence was low. Conclusion The overall methodology and evidence quality of meta-analysis related to the clinical effect of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction in the treatment of KOA are not high, the study conclusions have certain limitations, and the evaluation of safety is less. Physicians should be cautious in the use of clinical decision- making, and future relevant studies need to further strengthen the standardization.