Topical ivermectin vs topical metronidazole: Participant‐assessed improvement in rosacea severity
Topical ivermectin leads to higher participant‐assessed improvement in rosacea severity Likert scale ‐… compared with topical metronidazole (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical ivermectin vs topical metronidazole Participant‐assessed improvement in rosacea severity Likert scale ‐ good to excellent improvement · Participants with rosacea Topical ivermectin leads to higher participant‐assessed improvement in rosacea severity Likert scale ‐… compared with topical metronidazole (high certainty). Interventions for rosacea (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.14 [1.07, 1.22] | 1 study · 962 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for rosacea 2015 · 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.