“…376 were duplicated and 251 articles were screened, out of which 229 were excluded. Twenty-three articles were fully read for review in the second phase, out of which 9 clinical trials met with the eligibility criteria; 7 studies for the qualitative systematic review of the primary objective 15 - 21 , out of these, 4 studies made a comparison with the standard regimen and were included in the meta-analysis 15 , 17 , 19 , 20 , the other 3 did not compare with the standard regimen 16 , 18 , 21 . Three studies for the secondary objective were identified 19 , 22 , 23 , one of which was also included in the primary objective; only one study made a comparison with the standard regimen 19, therefore, no studies for the quantitative synthesis of this objective were included ( Fig.…”