Systematic Reviews of Hormone Treatments

Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of evidence for treatments related to or using hormones.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Calcitonin used to treat metastatic bone pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The limited evidence currently available does not support the use of calcitonin to control pain arising from bone metastases. People who have cancer which has spread to their bones and the nerves adjacent to the bones often suffer severe pain. There are...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Adjuvant gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for chemotherapy induced premature ovarian failure in premenopausal women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chemotherapy has significantly improved the prognosis for patients with cancer and some non-cancerous conditions. This treatment, however, is associated with ovarian toxicity. Factors which may affect the risk level of chemotherapy-induced ovarian damag...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Melatonin for sleep disorders in visually impaired children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Melatonin is widely used for management of sleep disorders in children with poor or no vision. The current review planned to examine studies on the use of melatonin in these children to determine whether this drug is effective for improving their sleep ...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   No evidence to support use of adjuvant progestagens to prevent recurrence of endometrial cancer after surgery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endometrial (womb) cancer is the most common genital tract cancer in developed countries. Progestagen (a hormone) therapy is sometimes used following initial surgery to reduce the risk of recurrence. However, progestagens have been found to reduce one o...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Differences in effectiveness and adverse effects between different types of progestogens combined with ethinyl oestradiol (combined contraceptive pill)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Combined oral contraceptives (COC) have an oestrogen and a progestogen component. The type of progestogen and/or amount of oestrogen or progestogen can vary per pack of oral contraceptive pills. The objective of this review was to compare currently avai...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Ways to improve use of hormonal birth control
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hormonal types of birth control are used by many women worldwide. The most common hormonal methods are birth control pills and injections. These methods often do not work as well as they could. Women may have problems using the birth control as planned....
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Treatment for anemia in people with AIDS
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is a lack of reliable evidence on interventions for treating anemia in persons with HIV infection or AIDS. Persons with HIV infection or AIDS are more likely than the general population to develop anemia, and anemia is the most common blood disord...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   The effect of hormonal treatment on advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endometrial cancer is cancer arising from the lining of the womb. Most women with endometrial cancer are diagnosed when their tumour is still confined to the body of the womb. However, about 10% of women with endometrial cancer are diagnosed when the di...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Chemotherapy alone versus endocrine therapy alone for metastatic breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. If the cancer has spread beyond the breast (metastatic disease), treatments include chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) and endocrine therapy (also known as hormonal treatment). Endocrine therapy is mainly ...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Intravenous secretin for autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Secretin is a gastrointestinal hormone that was first presented as an effective treatment for ASD in 1998, based on anecdotal evidence. On the basis of these first reports many families sought treatment with intravenous secretin for their children with ...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Coasting (withholding gonadotrophins) for preventing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a complication of using hormones to induce ovulation (the release of eggs) in IVF (in vitro fertilization). The hormones can sometimes over-stimulate the ovaries. Severe OHSS can be life threatening. One metho...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist versus HCG for oocyte triggering in antagonist assisted reproductive technology cycles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Oocyte maturation triggering is the final differentiation process of an immature female egg cell before fertilisation, either in normal or stimulated ovarian cycles in assisted reproductive techniques. It is like the final ripening of a seed or the atta...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Atrial natriuretic peptide for preventing and treating acute kidney injury
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a generic term for an abrupt and sustained decrease in kidney function resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine) and a fall in urine output. Sepsis (infection), shock, trauma, kidney stones, kidney infectio...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   No difference found in pregnancy rates for women using either the LNG-20 intrauterine system (IUS) or intra-uterine device (IUD) for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Reversible methods of contraception include the use of a system or device placed inside the uterus. The IUD is a copper device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. The intrauterine system (IUS) contains hormones that will be gradually released...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Clomiphene citrate for unexplained subfertility in women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Clomiphene citrate is a fertility drug that can increase the number of eggs released for possible fertilisation. It is used by women who do not ovulate regularly and by some who do but still have not become pregnant. Clomiphene citrate does not appear t...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Hormones for contraception (birth control) in men
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Researchers have tried to develop contraceptives for men that would be like birth control pills for women. Hormone birth control for men has been hard to achieve. Giving sex hormones to men can lower the sperm produced. However, this approach also lower...
Date:   Feb 2012
Title:   Erythropoietin as an additional treatment with (chemo) radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Severe anaemia in cancer patients is linked with decreased tumour oxygen supply (hypoxia), which is associated with more rapid tumour progression, poor response to therapy and consequently has a negative impact on prognosis. Erythropoietin (EPO), a horm...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Thyroid hormones for preventing neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence from trials that thyroid hormone therapy is effective in preventing problems such as respiratory distress syndrome in preterm babies. Thyroid hormones are needed for the normal growth and maturity of the central nervous system, as well as th...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Not enough evidence is available to prove that hormonal contraceptives do not influence glucose and fat metabolism in women with diabetes mellitus.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is important for women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 to receive good advice which contraceptive method is best to use. Unplanned pregnancies can lead to serious health issues for both mother and child in women with diabetes. Yet, hormonal contr...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Use of ovulation triggers in women being treated with ovulatory drugs.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When infertility is due to failure of an egg to grow (anovulation) fertility drugs are used to stimulate growth. When the egg reaches maturity, as judged by ultrasound, its release (ovulation) is often prompted by use of an ovulation trigger in the beli...
Date:   Feb 2008

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