Patient or population: people infected with mpox Setting: USA, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Switzerland Intervention: tecovirimat Comparison: placebo | ||||||
Outcomes | Anticipated absolute effects (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No. of participants (studies) | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | Comment | |
Risk with placebo | Risk with tecovirimat | |||||
Serious adverse events | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Development of complications (proctitis, urethritis, ophthalmic complications) | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Admission to hospital | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Pain | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Risk of onward transmission | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Time to healing of all skin lesions “re‐epithelialization” | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Mortality | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |