Clinical Research Development Unit, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Clin Med Res. 2024 Jun;22(2):97-106. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2024.1865.
Although various treatments are developed against COVID-19 variants, probiotic, and synbiotic adjunct therapy with several benefits such as safety, low cost, and availability could be needed for preventing or treating COVID-19 infection. The present systematic review aimed to assess the prophylactic efficacy of the probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic administration against COVID-19. The protocol of this systematic review was registered at the PROSPERO (Code number: CRD42023418900). The Scopus, Cochrane Library, Web of Sciences, and PubMed databases were systematically searched to define the clinical trials published up to November 2022 in the English language. The comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 disease and levels of specific antibodies against SARS-cov2 between the intervention and placebo groups were evaluated in this systematic review. According to the five included trials, four indicated the incidence of COVID-19, and no significant differences were observed between the probiotic and placebo groups during 1, 2, or 3 months of follow-up in the mentioned studies. Regarding the antibody assays against SARS-Cov2 including IgM, IgG, or IgA reported by three eligible trials, there were no significant differences between the intervention and control groups. It seems that the administration of single or multi-strain probiotics or synbiotics had no prophylactic effects in different populations such as high-risk staff exposed to COVID-19, elderly nursing home residents, healthy adults, and household contact with COVID-19 patients during 1-to-3-months of intervention.
虽然针对 COVID-19 变体已经开发出各种治疗方法,但益生菌和共生元辅助治疗具有安全性、低成本和可获得性等优势,可能需要用于预防或治疗 COVID-19 感染。本系统评价旨在评估益生菌、益生元和共生元给药预防 COVID-19 的效果。本系统评价的方案已在 PROSPERO(注册号:CRD42023418900)注册。系统检索了 Scopus、Cochrane 图书馆、Web of Sciences 和 PubMed 数据库,以确定截至 2022 年 11 月以英文发表的临床试验。本系统评价评估了干预组和安慰剂组 COVID-19 疾病发生率和 SARS-cov2 特异性抗体水平的比较。根据五项纳入的试验,四项表明 COVID-19 的发病率,在提到的研究中,在 1、2 或 3 个月的随访期间,益生菌组和安慰剂组之间没有观察到显著差异。关于三项合格试验报告的针对 SARS-Cov2 的抗体检测,包括 IgM、IgG 或 IgA,干预组和对照组之间没有显著差异。似乎单种或多种益生菌或共生元给药在不同人群中没有预防效果,例如接触 COVID-19 的高风险工作人员、养老院的老年居民、健康成年人以及与 COVID-19 患者的家庭接触,干预时间为 1 至 3 个月。
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