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Table 10 HIV/AIDS

From: Benefits and harms of medical cannabis: a scoping review of systematic reviews

Author, year {refid}

Search dates; # databases searched

Funding source

Nstudies

Illness/condition

Intervention/comparator

Outcomes

Conclusions from data

AMSTAR-2 rating

Lutge, 2013 [48]

1980–Jul 2012; 7

NR

7

HIV/AIDS

I: Plant-based and synthetic cannabinoids

C: Placebo

• Change in body fat

• Appetite

• Food/caloric intake

• Nausea and vomiting

• Performance

• Mood

• Subjective experience of drug

• Peripheral NP

• Effect on pharmacokinetics of protease inhibitors

• Viral load and CD4 count

• Resting heart rate

• Skin temperature

• Withdrawal due to adverse events

Reported SBS for all outcomes except change in mood, which found no statistically significant difference between groups

M

Phillips, 2010 [53]

Search on Jun 20, 2008 and updated Feb 22, 2010; 4

Non-profit

2

HIV

I: Plant-based cannabis

C: placebo

• NP

Favors intervention

CL

Merlin, 2016 [67]

Inception to Jan 2015; CENTRAL: Jun 2014; 5

Government

1

HIV

I: Plant-based cannabis

C: Placebo

• NP

Reported SBS

CL

  1. NP neuropathic pain, NR not reported, SBS study-by-study