Abstract:ObjectiveThe clinical efficacy of probiotics in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) was evaluated by Meta analysis.MethodsLiteratures about the effect of probiotics on AR were searched in PubMed, CNKI and WanFang Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2019. The quality of the screened literature and the extracted data was evaluated according to a criteria of inclusion and exclusion. Then Metaanalysis was performed using RevMan 5.2 software.ResultsA total of 13 Randomized controlled trials(RCTs) involving in 1 268 patients were included in the Metaanalysis. There were 631 cases in the regular treatment and probiotic group, and 637 cases in the regular treatment and placebo or only regular treatment group.The results of Metaanalysis showed that the nasal symptom score reduced significantly between the two groups, and more reduction in the regular treatment and probiotic group(MD=-1.84,95%CI=[-2.43,-1.24],P<0.05). There was a difference in the effective rate of AR treatment between the two groups, but the difference was not statistically significant(RR=1.36,95%CI=[1.00,1.85],P=0.05).ConclusionsThe nasal symptom score of AR decreased after treatment in the regular treatment and probiotic group, which was compared to the regular treatment and placebo or only regular treatment group. And there was no statistically significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups.