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Treating neurocysticercosis medically: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials Salinas R; Counsell C; Prasad K; Gelband H; Garner PTrop Med Int Health 1999[Nov]; 4 (11): 713-8OBJECTIVE: To summarize the evidence from randomized controlled trials on the effects of cysticidal therapy used for treating human cysticercosis. METHODS: Published and unpublished studies in any language identified through MEDLINE (1966 - June 1999) specialized databases, abstracts, proceedings and contact with experts were analysed. Those which compared, using randomized or quasi-randomized methods, any cysticidal drug with placebo or symptomatic therapy were entered in the study. Data were extracted independently by two reviewers and trial quality assessed. Meta-analysis using fixed effects models calculated provided there was no significant heterogeneity, expressed as relative risk. RESULTS: Four trials met the inclusion criteria, treating intraparenchymatous neurocysticercosis with either albendazole or praziquantel compared to placebo or no treatment. In the two trials reporting clinical outcomes, treatment was not associated with a reduction in the risk of seizures, although numbers were small (RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.59-1.51). Four trials reported radiological outcomes, and cysticidal treatment was associated with a lower risk of cyst persistence of scans taken within six months of start of treatment (RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.70-0.99). Subsidiary analysis assuming different outcomes in patients lost to follow-up did not alter the findings of the main analysis. CONCLUSIONS: There is insufficient evidence to determine whether cysticidal therapy is of any clinical benefit to patients with neurocysticercosis. The review does not exclude the possibility that more patients remain seizure-free when treated with cysticidal drugs. Further testing through placebo-controlled trials is required.|Albendazole/adverse effects/therapeutic use[MESH]|Anthelmintics/adverse effects/*therapeutic use[MESH]|Anticestodal Agents/adverse effects/*therapeutic use[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Neurocysticercosis/diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy[MESH]|Praziquantel/adverse effects/therapeutic use[MESH]|Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic[MESH]|Tomography, X-Ray Computed[MESH]|Treatment Outcome[MESH]|Trichlorfon/adverse effects/therapeutic use[MESH] |
