Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) + clomiphene vs clomiphene: Pregnancy rate
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) plus clomiphene may leads to higher pregnancy rate (per woman) compared with clomiphene (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) plus clomiphene vs clomiphene Pregnancy rate (per woman) · subfertile women with PCOS Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) plus clomiphene may leads to higher pregnancy rate (per woman) compared with clomiphene (low certainty). Chinese herbal medicine for subfertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 3.06 [2.05, 4.55] | 6 studies · 470 participants | Low |
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) + clomiphene vs clomiphene Pregnancy rate (per woman) · subfertile women with PCOS Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) + clomiphene may leads to higher pregnancy rate (per woman) compared with clomiphene (low certainty). Chinese herbal medicine for subfertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD007535.PUB3, superseded | OR 2.62 [1.65, 4.14] | 3 studies · 300 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese herbal medicine for subfertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome 2021 · 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.