Antipsychotics vs placebo: Continuous abstinence (number of participants who maintained negative drug screens for 2 ‐ 3 weeks) Number of participants that maintained negative cocaine screens for at least 2 ‐ 3 weeks
Any antipsychotic showed no clear difference in continuous abstinence (number of participants who maintained… compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Any antipsychotic vs placebo Continuous abstinence (number of participants who maintained negative drug screens for 2 ‐ 3 weeks) Number of participants that maintained negative cocaine screens for at least 2 ‐ 3 weeks · people with cocaine dependence Any antipsychotic showed no clear difference in continuous abstinence (number of participants who maintained… compared with placebo (low certainty). Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.3 [0.73, 2.32] | 3 studies · 139 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence 2016 · 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.