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5 questions · 5 findings · 1 reviews · Skin · Headline outcomes only

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ALA‐PDT vs blue light only

Participant's global assessment of improvement Non‐standardised scale5 · Moderate and severe acne vulgaris

ALA‐PDT showed no clear difference in participant's global assessment of improvement Non‐standardised scale5 compared with blue light only (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

ALA‐PDT vs blue light only

Investigator‐assessed change in inflamed lesions (ILs) Lesion counts · Moderate and severe acne vulgaris
1 finding from 1 review
  • Light therapies for acne 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    1 study · 266 participants
    Very low

ALA‐PDT vs blue light only

Investigator‐assessed percentage change in ILs Lesion counts · Moderate and severe acne vulgaris
1 finding from 1 review
  • Light therapies for acne 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    1 study · 266 participants
    Very low

ALA‐PDT vs blue light only

Investigator‐assessed severe adverse effects Application site blister · Moderate and severe acne vulgaris
1 finding from 1 review
  • Light therapies for acne 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    1 study · 266 participants
    Very low

ALA‐PDT vs blue light only

Investigator's global assessment (IGA) of improvement Treatment 'success' as defined by IGA score decrease5 · Moderate and severe acne vulgaris

ALA‐PDT showed no clear difference in investigator's global assessment (IGA) of improvement Treatment… compared with blue light only (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review