Trials of other interventions
Study	Interventions	Results	Outcomes
Aldara 3M 2000a	Topical 5% imiquimod cream (different vehicles) vs placebo for plantar warts	ITT: no significant difference in clearance of warts between Aldara cream any delivery methods or vehicle control	Cure in 10.0% to 12.8% in active treatment groups; 2.9% in vehicle control group
Aldara 3M 2000b	Topical 5% imiquimod cream (different vehicles) vs placebo for common warts	ITT: no significant difference in clearance of warts between Aldara cream any delivery methods or vehicle control	Cure in 9.5% vs 10.0%
Faghihi 2010	Inoculation of 85% formic acid vs distilled water	Formic acid more effective	Cure in 91.3% vs 10.7%
Gustafsson 2004	Alpha‐lactalbumin‐oleic acid (ALOA) vs saline	'ALOA has beneficial and lasting effect'	9/20 (45%) vs 3/20 (15%) with at least 1 wart resolved
Huo 2010	Hyperthermia from infrared device vs placebo	Hyperthermia more effective	Cure in 15/30 (50%) vs 3/30 (10%)
Khan 1999	Topical Thuja vs placebo	Efficacy of Thuja demonstrated	12/15 (80%) vs 5/15 (33%) showed resolution
Khan 2000	Hexane vs chloroform vs ethyl acetate fractions of Thuja	Chloroform fraction superior	0/10 vs 10/10 vs 4/10 cases, respectively
Nofal 2010	Intralesional MMR vs intralesional saline	MMR more effective than saline	Cure in 57/85 (67%) vs 11/50 (22%)
Togsverd‐Bo 2010	Paring and intense pulsed light (IPL) vs paring alone	No significant difference between the 2 treatments	Cure in 9/45 (20%) vs 5/44 (11%)
Wang 2002	Chinese herbal medicine + 0.1% retinoic acid vs retinoic acid alone	Chinese herbal medicine + retinoic has a relatively good efficacy	Cure in 57/70 (81%) vs 29/56 (52%)
Wu 2005	Qu You Ding vs peptide butylamine liniment	Qu You Ding has a higher cure rate than Peptide butylamine liniment	Cure in 21/30 (70%) vs 17/30 (57%). In the Qu You Ding group, there were 2 cases of erythema, which cleared at 4 days
Yazar 1994	Silver nitrate vs placebo	Silver nitrate has a higher cure rate than placebo	Cure in 15/35 (43%) vs 4/35 (11%)
Zhang 1999	Chinese herbal medicine decoction vs electrocautery knife	Chinese herbal medicine was more effective than cautery	Recovery in 58/89 (65%) vs 7/18 (39%)