title: Cyclooxygenase inhibitors use is associated with reduced risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with Barrett's esophagus: a meta-analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has high mortality and is increasing in incidence. Barrett's esophagus (BE) increases the risk for EAC. Studies have reported inconsistent findings on the association between use of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors and the risk of neoplastic progression in BE patients. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate this association.
  
  
  METHODS
  A meta-analysis was undertaken among a total of 9 observational studies using fixed- and random-effects models, comprising 5446 participants; 605 had EAC or high-grade dysplasia (HGD).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, COX inhibitors use was associated with a reduced risk of EAC/HGD among BE patients (relative risk (RR)=0.64, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.53-0.77). Aspirin use also reduced the risk of EAC/HGD (RR=0.63, 95% CI=0.43-0.94), as well as non-aspirin COX inhibitors (RR=0.50, 95% CI=0.32-0.78). The chemopreventive effect seemed to be independent of duration response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cyclooxygenase inhibitors use is associated with a reduced risk of developing EAC in patients with BE. Both low-dose aspirin and non-aspirin COX inhibitors are associated with a reduced risk of neoplasia. More well-designed randomised controlled trials are needed to increase our understanding of the chemopreventive effect of COX inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China [2] Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China [2] Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: X-Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China [2] Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: X-W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere 33014, Finland.
authors.forename: R-K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: S-L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kastelein
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Public Health School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: X-J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China [2] Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
authors.forename: X-P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors