Systematic Reviews
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World J Meta-Anal. Jun 28, 2018; 6(2): 9-20
Published online Jun 28, 2018. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v6.i2.9
Systematic literature review of the antitumor effect of octreotide in neuroendocrine tumors
Stephanie M Barrows, Beilei Cai, Catherine Copley-Merriman, Kelly R Wright, Colleen V Castro, Raoudha Soufi-Mahjoubi
Stephanie M Barrows, Catherine Copley-Merriman, Kelly R Wright, RTI Health Solutions, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States
Beilei Cai, Raoudha Soufi-Mahjoubi, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ 07936, United States
Colleen V Castro, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States
Author contributions: Barrows SM did the data curation, project administration and writing (original draft, review and editing); Cai B did the conceptualization, funding acquisition and supervision; Copley-Merriman C did the data curation, supervision and writing (review and editing); Wright KR and Castro CV contributed to the data curation and methodology; Soufi-Mahjoubi R did the conceptualization and supervision; all authors provided review and approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Beilei Cai and Raoudha Soufi-Mahjoubi are employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. RTI-HS received funding from Novartis Pharmaceuticals to conduct this work.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
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Correspondence to: Stephanie M Barrows, MA, MPH, Research Scientist, Senior Director, RTI Health Solutions, 3005 Boardwalk St., Suite 105, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States. sbarrows@rti.org
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Received: March 23, 2018
Peer-review started: March 23, 2018
First decision: April 18, 2018
Revised: April 26, 2018
Accepted: May 15, 2018
Article in press: May 15, 2018
Published online: June 28, 2018
Core Tip

Core tip: This review comprehensively summarizes the existing clinical trial and observational studies that have assessed long-acting octreotide’s tumor control effect. The comparative studies of relatively large sample size support long-acting octreotide’s antitumor effect on time to tumor progression and overall survival. This review shows the rarity of existing studies assessing octreotide’s antitumor effect; future research is warranted.