caa a22 4500 475818172 CHVBK 20180406123814.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002280050716 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002280050716 Evidence of clinical efficacy of homeopathy [Elektronische Daten] A meta-analysis of clinical trials [M. Cucherat, M. C. Haugh, M. Gooch, J. -P. Boissel] Objective: To establish, using a systematic review and meta-analysis, whether there is any evidence from randomised controlled clinical trials of the efficacy of homeopathic treatment in patients with any disease. Data sources: Published and unpublished reports of controlled clinical trials available up to June 1998, identified by searching bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, Biosis, PsychInfo, Cinahl, British Library Stock Alert Service, SIGLE, Amed), references lists of selected papers, hand searching homeopathic journals and conference abstracts, and contacting pharmaceutical companies. Trials selection: Trials were selected using an unblinded process by two reviewers. The selection criteria were randomised, controlled trials in which the efficacy of homeopathic treatment was assessed relative to placebo in patients using clinical or surrogate endpoints. Prevention trials or those evaluating only biological effects were excluded. One hundred and eighteen randomised trials were identified and evaluated for inclusion. Sixteen trials, representing 17 comparisons and including a total of 2617 evaluated patients, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Data extraction: Data were extracted by two reviewers independently, using a summary form. Disagreements were resolved by a third person. Data synthesis: The evidence was synthesised by combining the significance levels (P values) for the primary outcomes from the individual trials. The combined P value for the 17 comparisons was highly significant P=0.000036. However, sensitivity analysis showed that the P value tended towards a non-significant value (P=0.08) as trials were excluded in a stepwise manner based on their level of quality. Conclusions: There is some evidence that homeopathic treatments are more effective than placebo; however, the strength of this evidence is low because of the low methodological quality of the trials. Studies of high methodological quality were more likely to be negative than the lower quality studies. Further high quality studies are needed to confirm these results. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Homeopathy nationallicence Meta-analysis nationallicence Randomised clinical trial nationallicence Cucherat M. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut Haugh M. C. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut Gooch M. Academic Departments, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, GB aut Boissel J. -P Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002280050716 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002280050716 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cucherat M. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haugh M. C. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gooch M. Academic Departments, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boissel J. -P Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospitals of Lyon and University Claude Bernard, Faculté RTH Laennec, BP 8071, F-69376 Lyon, France e-mail: mcu@upcl.univ-lyonl.fr Tel.: +33-478-785757; Fax: +33-478-776917, FR aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer