Thermotherapy one session (at 50 ºC for 30 seconds) vs meglumine antimoniate (20 mg Sb5/kg/day: Complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment
Thermotherapy one session (at 50 ºC for 30 seconds) leads to lower complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment compared with meglumine antimoniate (20 mg Sb5/kg/day (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Thermotherapy one session (at 50 ºC for 30 seconds) vs meglumine antimoniate (20 mg Sb5/kg/day Complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment · People with American cutaneous leishmaniasis Thermotherapy one session (at 50 ºC for 30 seconds) leads to lower complete cure, at least 3 months after the end of treatment compared with meglumine antimoniate (20 mg Sb5/kg/day (high certainty). Interventions for American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.8 [0.68, 0.95] | 1 study · 292 participants | High |
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.