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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Meta-analysis of the safety of voriconazole in definitive, empirical, and prophylactic therapies for invasive fungal infections

Year

Author

Multicenter

Therapeutic purpose

Antifungals

Sample size

Age

Underlying Disease

Dosing regimen

Duration

2001

Ally

Y

D

VRC

200

18–75

Esophageal Candidiasis, AIDS

200 mg, oral, bid

14d

FLU

191

18–76

Esophageal Candidiasis, AIDS

200 mg, oral, qd

15d

2002

Lazarus

Y

P

VRC

18

23–61

HM & solid tumor

200/300 mg, oral, q12h

14d

FLU

6

23–62

HM & solid tumor

400 mg, oral, qd

14d

2002

Herbrecht

Y

D

VRC

144

48.5

HM, SOT, AIDS

200 mg, oral/i.v., bid

77d

AMBD

133

50.5

HM, SOT, AIDS

1–1.5 mg/kg, i.v., qd

10d

2002

Walsh

Y

E

VRC

415

46.3

FN, HM or other cancers

200 mg, oral, q12h

7d

LAMB

422

45

FN, HM or other cancers

3 mg/kg, i.v. qd

7d

2005

Kullberg

Y

D

VRC

248

53.6

Candidaemia

200 mg, bid

15d

AMB/FLU

122

53.3

Candidaemia

AMB 0.7–1.0 mg/kg, oral/i.v., qd,

15d

Flu, 400 mg, oral/i.v. qd

2007

Queiroz-Telles

Y

D

VRC

35

48.3

Paracoccidioidomycosis

200 mg, oral, bid

169d

ITRA

18

48.7

Paracoccidioidomycosis

100 mg, oral, bid

200d

2010

Wingard

Y

P

VRC

305

43

AHSCT

200 mg, oral, bid

100d

FLU

295

43

AHSCT

400 mg, oral, qd

100d

2010

Kohno.

Y

D

VRC

54

69.9

Tuberculosis sequelae

4 mg/kg, i.v., bid

3w

MCF

53

72.1

Tuberculosis sequelae

150–300 mg, i.v., qd

3w

2010

Oyake 1

Y

E

VRC

46

NA

FN patients with AML

4 mg/kg, i.v., bid

9d

MCF

49

NA

FN patients with AML

150 mg, i.v., qd

10d

2011

Bansal

N

D

VRC

15

36.3

CISA

200 mg (adults), 100 mg (children), oral, q12h;

12w

AMB

18

36.3

CISA

1 mg/kg, i.v., qd

14w

2011

Mattiuzzi

N

P

VRC

71

36.3

AML + MDS

300 mg, i.v., bid

20d

ITRA

52

60

AML + MDS

200 mg, i.v., qd

21d

2012

Shang

Y

D

VRC

34

37.5

Kidney transplant

4 mg/kg, i.v., q12h

2.9 m

MCF

31

39.2

Kidney transplant

100 mg (<60 kg), qd;

3.8 m

150 mg (>60 kg), i.v., qd

2013

Gao

Y

P

VRC

224

42.3

AHSCT

200/100 mg, oral/i.v., bid

96d

ITRA

241

42.3

AHSCT

200 mg, oral/i.v., bid

68d

2014

Hayashi

Y

P

VRC

33

NA

AHSCT

200 mg, oral, bid

NA

ITRA

33

NA

AHSCT

2.5 mg/kg, oral/i.v., bid

NA

2016

Maertens

Y

D

VRC

258

51.2

HM

4 mg/kg/200 mg, oral/i.v., bid

47d

ISA

258

51.1

HM

200 mg, oral/i.v., qd

45d

2016

Oyake 2

Y

E

VRC

50

53

FN with hematopathy

4 mg/kg, i.v., bid

9d

MCF

50

53

FN with hematopathy

150 mg, i.v., qd

12d

  1. Y Yes, N No, NA not available, D definitive treatment, E empirical treatment, P prophylaxis, VRC voriconazole, FLU fluconazole, AMBD amphotericin B deoxycholate, LAMB liposome amphotericin B, AMB amphotericin B, ITRA itraconazole, MCF micafungin, ISA isavuconazole, HM hematological malignancy, SOT solid organ transplantation, FN febrile neutropenia, AHSCT allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, AML acute myeloid leukemia, CISA chronic invasive sinus aspergillosis, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome