Table a4 Meta-regression for primary and secondary outcomes of mould-active vs fluconazole prophylaxis

From: Mould-active compared with fluconazole prophylaxis to prevent invasive fungal diseases in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy or haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Outcome

β

s.e.

P- value

Proven or probable IFI

 HSCT

−0.07

0.35

0.831

 Amphotericin

0.86

0.36

0.017

 Echinocandin

0.19

0.48

0.698

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−0.52

0.40

0.190

 Blinding

−0.22

0.26

0.403

 ITT

−0.24

0.25

0.350

Invasive aspergillosis

 HSCT

−0.35

0.38

0.363

 Amphotericin

0.91

0.76

0.233

 Echinocandin

−0.90

0.91

0.326

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−1.12

0.64

0.080

 Blinding

−0.10

0.36

0.780

 ITT

−0.38

0.36

0.286

Adverse events requiring antifungal treatment discontinuation or modification

 HSCT

−0.29

0.52

0.584

 Amphotericin

1.06

0.67

0.112

 Echinocandin

−1.09

0.68

0.112

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−0.83

0.48

0.086

 Blinding

−1.12

0.30

0.0002

 ITT

−0.13

0.59

0.833

IFI-related mortality

 HSCT

−0.10

0.48

0.831

 Amphotericin

0.37

0.54

0.495

 Echinocandin

0.13

0.98

0.896

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−0.70

0.46

0.129

 Blinding

−0.34

0.41

0.404

 ITT

−0.42

0.39

0.282

Invasive aspergillosis-related mortality

 HSCT

−0.77

1.35

0.569

 Amphotericin

1.17

1.40

0.403

 Echinocandin

−1.10

1.66

0.506

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−0.50

0.97

0.605

 Blinding

0.54

1.00

0.590

 ITT

0.35

2.06

0.866

Overall mortality

 HSCT

0.10

0.20

0.619

 Amphotericin

0.14

0.22

0.510

 Echinocandin

−0.16

0.30

0.591

 Other azoles

REF

REF

 

 Fluconazole 400 mg per day

−0.17

0.24

0.47

 Blinding

−0.14

0.15

0.341

 ITT

−0.05

0.15

0.754

  1. Abbreviations: HSCT= haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; IFI=invasive fungal infection; ITT=intention-to-treat; REF=reference category; s.e.=standard error.