Extracorporeal shockwave therapy vs sham: Treatment discontinuation
It is very uncertain whether extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) changes discontinuation from treatment compared with sham (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) vs sham Discontinuation from treatment · men with Peyronie's disease (penile plaque with pain and/or curvature, diagnosis of disease: from acute (< 12 months)… It is very uncertain whether extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) changes discontinuation from treatment compared with sham (very low certainty). Non‐surgical therapies for Peyronie's disease (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.57 [0.06, 5.65] | 4 studies · 238 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non‐surgical therapies for Peyronie's disease 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.