Behavioural and pharmaceutical interventions for the prevention of skin cancers in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of skin cancer, affecting more than 50% of recipients. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of interventions for behavioural change for sun protection or skin cancer prevention in solid organ transplant recipients. DESIGN:Systematic review. DATA SOURCES:We searched MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and CINAHL from inception to November 2019. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:We included randomised controlled trials that evaluated the effect of behavioural or pharmaceutical interventions on behavioural change or skin cancer prevention in solid organ transplant recipients. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS:Risks of bias and evidence certainty were assessed using Cochrane and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation framework. RESULTS:Twenty trials (n=2295 participants) were included. It is uncertain whether behavioural interventions improve sun protection behaviour (n=3, n=414, standardised mean difference (SMD) 0.89, 95%?CI -0.84 to 2.62, I2=98%) and knowledge (n=4, n=489, SMD 0.50, 95%?CI 0.12 to 0.87, I2= 76%) as the quality of evidence is very low. We are uncertain of the effects of mammalian target of rapamaycin inhibitors on the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer (n=5, n=1080, relative risk 0.46, 95%?CI 0.28 to 0.75, I2 =72%) as the quality of evidence is very low. CONCLUSIONS:Behavioural and pharmaceutical preventive interventions may improve sun protective behaviour and knowledge, and reduce the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer, but the overall quality of the evidence is very low and insufficient to guide decision-making and clinical practice. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER:CRD42017063962.
SUBMITTER: James LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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