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The effects of sildenafil in maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of studies associating the use of sildenafil in gestation is increasing. This drug inhibits phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), an enzyme responsible for degradation of nitric oxide, and its efficacy is greater in the placental territory, as the maternal side of the placenta have more PDE5 than other sites. For this reason, promising results have been observed related to the prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction and to improvement of maternal-fetal morbidity in cases of placental insufficiency.

Objective

To evaluate the benefits of using sildenafil in pregnancy.

Searched strategy

MEDLINE, ClinicalTrials.gov, Embase, LILACS and Cochrane databases were searched through September 2018. There was no restriction in language or year of publication. This study was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42017060288).

Selection criteria

Randomized clinical trials which used sildenafil for treatment or prevention of obstetric diseases compared with placebo were selected.

Data collection and analysis

The results were obtained using the inverse variance method for continuous variables and Man-Whitney for categorical variables.

Main results

Among a population of 598 pregnant women from the seven clinical trials included, 139 had pre-eclampsia, 275 had intrauterine growth restriction, and 184 had oligohydramnios. A significant increase of 222.58 grams [27.75 to 417.41] was observed in the fetal weight at birth of patients taking sildenafil. The other outcomes did not show any statistical significance. This may be due to the small number of patients used in each study and the great heterogeneity between the groups.

Conclusions

Sildenafil could be associated with increasing fetal weight at birth in placental insufficiency despite the limitations of this meta-analysis, even though more studies in this field are needed to introduce this drug into obstetric clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Ferreira RDDS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6655684 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effects of sildenafil in maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ferreira Raquel Domingues da Silva RDDS Negrini Romulo R Bernardo Wanderley Marques WM Simões Ricardo R Piato Sebastião S

PloS one 20190724 7

<h4>Background</h4>The number of studies associating the use of sildenafil in gestation is increasing. This drug inhibits phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), an enzyme responsible for degradation of nitric oxide, and its efficacy is greater in the placental territory, as the maternal side of the placenta have more PDE5 than other sites. For this reason, promising results have been observed related to the prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction and to improvement of maternal-f ...[more]

PMID: 31339910

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The effects of sildenafil in maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background

Objective

Searched strategy

Selection criteria

Data collection and analysis

Main results

Conclusions

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