Aciclovir (oral or intravenous) for treatment vs placebo
Time to complete healing · Patients being treated for cancer with established oral HSV infection (bone marrow transplant recipients / immunocompromised)
1 finding from 1 review
- Interventions for the prevention and treatment of herpes simplex virus in patients being treated for cancer 2009 · Cochrane All outcomesTwo studies. Median time to total healing was shorter for patients receiving oral or intravenous aciclovir than placebo: median of 8 days versus 21 days, P = 0.01 (Shepp 1985); 13.9 days versus 20.7 days, P = 0.08…2 studiesGRADE not reported