A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date
Panagiotis Peitsidis,1 Panagiotis Tsikouras,2 Antonio Simone Laganà,3 Alexandros Laios,4 Ioannis D Gkegkes,5 Christos Iavazzo6 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroup...
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| description | Panagiotis Peitsidis,1 Panagiotis Tsikouras,2 Antonio Simone Laganà,3 Alexandros Laios,4 Ioannis D Gkegkes,5 Christos Iavazzo6 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece; 3Unit of Gynecologic Oncology ARNAS “Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli”, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Palermo, Italy; 4Department of Gynecological Oncology St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, Uk; 5Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation, Devon, UK; 6Gynaecological Oncology Department, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, GreeceCorrespondence: Panagiotis Peitsidis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helena Venizelou Hospital Athens Greece, Helena Venizelou 2 Street, P.C, Athens, 11521, Greece, Tel +306972221553 ; +302107473793, Email peitsidiobgyn@gmail.comAbstract: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecologic condition that affects around 6– 10% of reproductive age women. This clinical entity is characterized with pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and infertility which are the most often presenting symptoms. Aromatase P450 is the key enzyme for ovarian estrogen biosynthesis and there is evidence that endometriotic lesions express aromatase and are able to synthesize their own estrogens. Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are potent drugs that suppress the estrogen synthesis via suppression of aromatase. We performed a systematic review of systematic reviews and narrative reviews on the use of aromatase inhibitors in the medical management of endometriosis. We searched: PubMed (1950– 2022), Google Scholar (2004– 2022), Cochrane Library (2010– 2022) and Researchgate (2010– 2022). The search included the following medical subject headings (MeSH) or keywords: “Aromatase Inhibitors” AND “Endometriosis” AND “Systematic reviews” OR “Systematic review” AND “Reviews” OR “Reviews” AND “Endometriosis”. The electronic database search yielded initially 12,106 studies from the different databases. Further assessment of the studies resulted in exclusion of (n = 12,015) studies due to duplicates and irrelevance; Finally, 24 studies were selected for inclusion, 5 were Systematic reviews and 19 were Narrative reviews. The 5 systematic reviews were assessed by AMSTAR-2 criteria and were found to have low quality. Narrative reviews were assessed with SANRA criteria and were found to have high-quality aromatase inhibitors are potent drugs that can manage the endometriosis-related symptoms in cases where initial medical management has failed to show positive results. However, their use is limited by the adverse effects that are linked with menopausal symptoms. aromatase inhibitors can be administered as an alternative treatment in patients. Future studies with randomized design are required to reach safer conclusions and further investigation. These studies should define the therapeutic dose, new add-back therapy modalities. Future directions should examine the most-appropriate way of administration and the duration of therapy.Keywords: endometriosis, aromatase inhibitors, systematic review, pelvic pain, adverse effects |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dca1b7dab4cf4acb93dec178c2b67a9c2023-05-04T19:14:20ZengDove Medical PressDrug Design, Development and Therapy1177-88812023-05-01Volume 171329134683494A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to DatePeitsidis PTsikouras PLaganà ASLaios AGkegkes IDIavazzo CPanagiotis Peitsidis,1 Panagiotis Tsikouras,2 Antonio Simone Laganà,3 Alexandros Laios,4 Ioannis D Gkegkes,5 Christos Iavazzo6 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece; 3Unit of Gynecologic Oncology ARNAS “Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli”, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Palermo, Italy; 4Department of Gynecological Oncology St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, Uk; 5Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation, Devon, UK; 6Gynaecological Oncology Department, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, GreeceCorrespondence: Panagiotis Peitsidis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helena Venizelou Hospital Athens Greece, Helena Venizelou 2 Street, P.C, Athens, 11521, Greece, Tel +306972221553 ; +302107473793, Email peitsidiobgyn@gmail.comAbstract: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecologic condition that affects around 6– 10% of reproductive age women. This clinical entity is characterized with pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and infertility which are the most often presenting symptoms. Aromatase P450 is the key enzyme for ovarian estrogen biosynthesis and there is evidence that endometriotic lesions express aromatase and are able to synthesize their own estrogens. Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are potent drugs that suppress the estrogen synthesis via suppression of aromatase. We performed a systematic review of systematic reviews and narrative reviews on the use of aromatase inhibitors in the medical management of endometriosis. We searched: PubMed (1950– 2022), Google Scholar (2004– 2022), Cochrane Library (2010– 2022) and Researchgate (2010– 2022). The search included the following medical subject headings (MeSH) or keywords: “Aromatase Inhibitors” AND “Endometriosis” AND “Systematic reviews” OR “Systematic review” AND “Reviews” OR “Reviews” AND “Endometriosis”. The electronic database search yielded initially 12,106 studies from the different databases. Further assessment of the studies resulted in exclusion of (n = 12,015) studies due to duplicates and irrelevance; Finally, 24 studies were selected for inclusion, 5 were Systematic reviews and 19 were Narrative reviews. The 5 systematic reviews were assessed by AMSTAR-2 criteria and were found to have low quality. Narrative reviews were assessed with SANRA criteria and were found to have high-quality aromatase inhibitors are potent drugs that can manage the endometriosis-related symptoms in cases where initial medical management has failed to show positive results. However, their use is limited by the adverse effects that are linked with menopausal symptoms. aromatase inhibitors can be administered as an alternative treatment in patients. Future studies with randomized design are required to reach safer conclusions and further investigation. These studies should define the therapeutic dose, new add-back therapy modalities. Future directions should examine the most-appropriate way of administration and the duration of therapy.Keywords: endometriosis, aromatase inhibitors, systematic review, pelvic pain, adverse effectshttps://www.dovepress.com/a-systematic-review-of-systematic-reviews-on-the-use-of-aromatase-inhi-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DDDTendometriosisaromatase inhibitorssystematic reviewpelvic painadverse effects |
| spellingShingle | Peitsidis P Tsikouras P Laganà AS Laios A Gkegkes ID Iavazzo C A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date Drug Design, Development and Therapy endometriosis aromatase inhibitors systematic review pelvic pain adverse effects |
| title | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date |
| title_full | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date |
| title_short | A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date |
| title_sort | systematic review of systematic reviews on the use of aromatase inhibitors for the treatment of endometriosis the evidence to date |
| topic | endometriosis aromatase inhibitors systematic review pelvic pain adverse effects |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/a-systematic-review-of-systematic-reviews-on-the-use-of-aromatase-inhi-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DDDT |
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