Table 2.

The outcome of various clinical trials comparing terbinafine to griseofulvin for tinea capitis

First author	Year	Patients,n	Country	Terbinafine dose, mg/kg/day, and duration	Week of therapy	Cure rate,%	Griseofulvin dose, mg/kg/day, and duration	Cure rate, %
Deng [85]	2011	88	China	3.125–6.25 for 4 weeks	8	78.3	20 for 4 weeks	84.2
Elewski [22]	2008	1,549	International	5–8 for 4 weeks	10	45.1	10–20 for 6 weeks	39.2
Fuller [86]	2001	147	UK	3.125–6.25 for 4 weeks	12	57	10 for 8 weeks	57
Gupta [50]	2001	100	Canada and South Africa	3.125–6.25 for 2–3 weeks	12	94	20 for 6 weeks	92
Cáceres-Ríos [15]	2000	50	Peru	3.125–6.25 for 4 weeks	12	76	6.25–12.5 for 8 weeks	44
Memisoglu [87]	1999	78	Turkey	3.125–6.25 for 4 weeks	12	38.5	6.25–12.5 for 8 weeks	43.6
Haroon [88]	1995	105	Pakistan	3.125–6.25 for 4 weeks	12	92.9	6.25–12.5 for 8 weeks	79.6