Topical imiquimod 5% (3 times/week) + meglumine antimoniate (IVMA) (20 mg/kg/d for 20 days) vs placebo + IVMA: Complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment
Topical imiquimod 5% (3 times/week) + meglumine antimoniate (IVMA)… showed no clear difference in complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment compared with placebo + IVMA (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical imiquimod 5% (3 times/week) + meglumine antimoniate (IVMA) (20 mg/kg/d for 20 days) vs placebo + IVMA Complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment · People with American cutaneous leishmaniasis Topical imiquimod 5% (3 times/week) + meglumine antimoniate (IVMA)… showed no clear difference in complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment compared with placebo + IVMA (moderate certainty). Interventions for American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.3 [0.95, 1.8] | 1 study · 80 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis 2020 · 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.