Clinical safety and efficacy of bispecific antibody in the treatment of solid tumors: A protocol for a systematic review

Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Maryam Balibegloo, Amene Saghazadeh and Nima Rezaei

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Background: Cancers are among the most common causes of mortality and morbidity. Recently, bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) have been used for cancer treatment. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis will be to determine the safety and efficacy of BsAbs in the treatment of solid tumors. Methods: We will search five electronic databases, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and CENTRAL, in addition to Clinical-Trials.gov and metaRegister of controlled trials and backward and forward citation searching of included studies. Eligible studies will be controlled clinical trials evaluating safety and/or efficacy of BsAbs in adult patients with solid tumors. The primary outcomes will be the incidence of safety and efficacy measures. Title and/or abstract screening, full text reviewing, data collection, and quality assessment will be done by two reviewers. We will use The Cochrane Collaboration’s risk of bias tool 2 (RoB2) to assess the quality of included studies. If I-square heterogeneity was greater than 40%, we will implement random effect model. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression will be undertaken if applicable. The metaprop command of STATA will be used to calculate frequency of AEs. Funnel plot, Egger’s and Peter’s tests will be utilized to evaluate publication bias in case of including at least ten studies. We will use sensitivity analysis to evaluate the effects of funding sources and continuity correction on effects size. Conclusions: The findings of the present study will provide information on safety and efficacy of BsAbs for physicians and researchers in the management of solid tumors. Trial registration: Registration on PROSPERO CRD42021227879 Also, important protocol amendments will be stated on PROSPERO registration.

Date: 2022
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