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. 2021 Mar 21;2021(3):CD012799. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012799.pub2

1. Description of the interventions.

Study Intervention(s) (route, frequency, total dose/day) Comparator(s) (route, frequency, total dose/day)
Ahn 1996 I1: fluoxetine 20 mg daily for first 1 week and 40 mg daily for remaining 5 weeks after breakfast C1: placebo daily
Athanasios 2007 I1: duloxetine 20 mg daily for 1 week followed by 40 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Atmaca 2002 I1: citalopram 20 mg daily up to 60 mg C1: placebo daily up to 3 tablets
Biri 1998 I1: sertraline 50 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Buvat 2009 I1: dapoxetine 30 mg on‐demand
I2: dapoxetine 60 mg on‐demand
C1: placebo daily
C2: placebo daily
Farnia 2009 I1: citalopram 20 mg on‐demand C1: placebo on‐demand
Gameel 2013 I1: paroxetine 20 mg on‐demand + lubricating jelly C1: placebo on‐demand + lubricating jelly
Gong 2011 I1: paroxetine 20 mg daily C1: placebo
Hamidi Madani 2016 I1: tramadol 50 mg
I2: paroxetine 20 mg
C1: placebo daily
Kara 1996 I1: fluoxetine 20 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Kaufman 2009 I1: dapoxetine 60 mg on‐demand C1: placebo daily
Khelaia 2012 I1: paroxetine 20 mg
I2: paroxetine 20 mg 2–3 hours before intercourse
C1: placebo daily
Kim 1998 I1: fluoxetine 40 mg daily for 1 week then 80 mg for 3 weeks
I2: sertraline 100 mg for 1 week then 200 mg for 3 weeks
C1: placebo daily
C2: placebo daily
Mattos 2008 I1: fluoxetine 90 mg daily
I2: fluoxetine 90 mg daily + tadalafil 20 mg on‐demand
C1: placebo daily
C2: placebo + tadalafil 20 mg on‐demand
McMahon 1998 I1: sertraline 50 mg daily C1: placebo daily
McMahon 1999 I1: paroxetine 20 mg
I2: paroxetine as needed 3–4 hours before planned sexual intercourse
I3: paroxetine 10 mg for 3 weeks then 20 mg paroxetine as needed for 4 weeks
C1: placebo daily for 3 weeks then placebo daily for 4 weeks
McMahon 2010 I1: dapoxetine 30 mg daily
I2: dapoxetine 60 mg daily
C1: placebo daily
C2: placebo daily
McMahon 2013 I1: dapoxetine 30 mg on‐demand, from week 4 up to 60 mg if tolerated + PDE5 inhibitor C1: placebo on‐demand + PDE5 inhibitor
Mendels 1995 I1: sertraline 50 mg daily that could be titrated up to 200 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Na 1996 I1: sertraline 50 mg at night that could be titrated up to 100 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Novaretti 2002 I1: fluoxetine 20 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Pryor 2006 I1: dapoxetine 30 mg on‐demand
I2: dapoxetine 60 mg on‐demand
C1: placebo on‐demand 1–3 hours before anticipated sexual activity
Safarinejad 2006b I1: dapoxetine 60 mg daily
I2: paroxetine 20 mg daily
C1: placebo daily
Safarinejad 2006c I1: citalopram 20 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Safarinejad 2007 I1: escitalopram 10 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Safarinejad 2008 I1: dapoxetine 30 mg twice daily C1: placebo twice daily
Shang 2012 I1: citalopram 20 mg daily C1: placebo daily
Tuncel 2008 I1: sertraline 50 mg nightly for 2 months C1: placebo daily for 2 months
Waldinger 1994 I1: paroxetine 20 mg daily for 1 week and then 40 mg daily from week 2–6 C1: placebo daily
Waldinger 1998 I1: fluoxetine 20 mg daily
I2: fluvoxamine 100 mg daily
I3: paroxetine 20 mg daily
I4: sertraline 50 mg daily
C1: placebo daily
Yilmaz 1999 I1: fluoxetine 20 mg daily C1: placebo daily

C: comparator; I: intervention; PDE5: phosphodiesterase‐5.