• Wenjia Zhang, Aijia Zhang, Wende Sun, Ying Yue, and Hong Li.
• Department of Gynecological Oncology, the First Hospital of Jilin University Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhaoxian Health-center attached to People's Hosptal of Juxian, Rizhao Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 May 1; 97 (21): e10864e10864.

BackgroundWe sought to conduct a systemic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials to assess the efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical human papilloma virus (HPV) infection.MethodsThe Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register databases were searched using relevant keywords for entries up to May 1, 2017, irrespective of year of publication. The language was restricted to English. Randomized clinical trials and qualitative studies comparing PDT and placebo for CIN or HPV-positive patients were included. We assessed the evidence quality using a risk of bias graph in RevMan V5.3 and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation scoring system.ResultsOf the 168 studies identified, only 4 RCTs met the inclusion criteria for meta-analysis. In all, 292 and 141 patients received PDT or placebo, respectively. PDT significantly increased the complete remission rate (CRR) among those with CIN (odds ratio [OR]: 2.51 [1.23-5.12]; P = .01) and HPV infection (OR: 3.82 [1.91-7.65]; P = .0002). The adverse events rate (AER) for PDT was greater than that for placebo (OR: 13.32 [4.44, 40.02]; P < .00001). The overall evidence quality was very low. Similarly, in a systematic review including 21 qualitative records, the CRRs for CIN patients with PDT and cervical HPV infection patients with PDT were 82.0% and 77.5%, respectively. The AER for PDT was 31.6%, which was lower than that observed in our meta-analysis (74.6%).ConclusionsPDT that targets CIN or cervical HPV infection improves the CRR, but slightly compromises safety. Further studies are necessary to identify the most effective and least toxic photosensitizer.

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