VL Systematic Reviews

Our global collaborations have produced systematic reviews investigating critical areas of concern surrounding VL treatment and clinical trial research. Find out more about how we set our Research Agenda.

Credit: CDC. Alan C. Ou, MD, MPH, Center for Global Health

Estimating the proportion of relapse following treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis: Meta-analysis of published studies

A meta-analysis aimed at estimating the proportion of relapse during the study follow-up period following treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL)

A systematic review on the design and analysis of antileishmanial clinical efficacy studies

Conducting a systematic review of the literature on study design, endpoint definitions and statistical methodologies used in clinical studies in Visce...

Gender disparity in patients enrolled in clinical trials of visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis carried out to investigate impact of study design on observed disparity in gender distribution among patients en...

Visceral Leishmaniasis in pregnancy: A systematic review of the literature

A systematic review of literature aimed at identifying cases of VL in pregnancy, antileishmanial therapies used during pregnancy and the reports of ve...

Serious adverse events and mortality following antileishmanial chemotherapy

A systematic review of published studies for estimating the baseline risk of serious adverse events and mortality in patients treated with antileishma...