Compare the effectiveness of hyaluronic acid and estrogen on symptoms of atrophic vaginitis
Comparison of the effect of hyaluronic acid and estrogen on atrophic vaginitis in menopausal women: A systematic review.
Article specifications
This systematic review was published in 2019 in Journal of Post Reprod Health. (IF 2018: 1.50) by Iranian specialists. This systematic review was conducted to compare the effectiveness of hyaluronic acid and estrogen on symptoms of atrophic vaginitis (primary outcomes) and corresponding side effects (secondary outcome). Search was performed Pubmed, Embase, Web of Sciences, Cochrane library, Scopus, Google Scholar, Magiran, Scientific Information Database (Iran) and Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials, from inception to July 2018 and the reference lists of retrieved articles.
Result
Only a trial with a high risk of bias in random allocation and blinding indicated that hyaluronic acid was more effective than estrogen in improving the symptoms of atrophic vaginitis. Hyaluronic acid is an effective drug with few side effects for the treatment of atrophic vaginitis symptoms; however, better designed trials are required to show the statistical superiority of hyaluronic acid to vaginal estrogen.