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Table 1 Characteristics of included stuides

From: Paroxetine in the treatment of premature ejaculation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RCT, year, dose, duration

Treatment (numbers)

Outcomes

Adverse events

IELT (SD)

PE definition

Gammel et al. [20] 2013 20 mg 4 weeks Sunay et al. [21] 2011 20 mg 4 weeks Safarinejad et al. [22] 2006 20 mg 12 weeks

on-demand tramadol 50 mg/d (29), sildenafil 50 mg/d (30), paroxetine 20 mg/d (28), local lidocaine gel (30), placebo (27) daily paroxetine 20 mg/d (30), acupuncture (30), placebo (30), daily dapoxetine 60 mg/d (104), paroxetine 20 mg/d (105), placebo (100), daily dapoxetine 60 mg/d (104), paroxetine 20 mg/d (105), placebo (100)

IELT, sexual satisfaction scores IELT, PEDT IELT, IIEF, weekly intercourse episodes IELT, IIEF, weekly intercourse episodes

all adverse events were tolerable no side effects were observed well tolerated

5.85 (1.98), 3.8 (1.15), 3.1 (1.08), 2.97 (1.85), 1.35 (0.54) 1.17, 1.17, 0.42 2.98, 6.17, 0.92

IELT < 2 min in > 70% of sexual intercourse episodes IELTs of < 2 min in > 70% of coital attempts IELT < 2 min that occurred in > 90% of episodes of sexual inter course

Gong et al. [18] 2011 20 mg 4 weeks Ozcan et al. [33] 2015 20 mg 1 month

daily paroxetine 20 mg/d (40), placebo (40) daily duloxetine 40 mg/d(40), daily paroxetine 20 mg/d (40)

IELT, sexual satisfaction scores IELT, IIEF, PEP

well tolerated well tolerated

5.75 (1.24), 1.06 (0.28) 2.09 (0.12), 2.14 (0.15)

DSM-IV-TR lifelong PE

Abdel-Hamid et al. [24] 2001 20 mg 4 weeks

on-demand clomipramine 25 mg, on-demand sertraline 50 mg, on-demand paroxetine 20 mg, on-demand sildenafil 50 mg and the pause-squeeze technique

IELT, sexual satisfaction scores

mild to moderate

4, 3, 4, 15, 3

IELT ≤2 min

Abu et al. [23] 2018 30 mg 6 weeks

on-demand sildenafil 50 mg/d combined with dapoxetine 50 mg/d (30), sildenafil 50 mg/d (30), paroxetine 30 mg/d (30), dapoxetine 30 mg/d (30), placebo (30)

IELT, PEDT, sexual satisfaction

well tolerated

4.43, 2.93, 2.90, 2.86, 0.69

IELT ≤1 min

Otunctemur et al. [27] 2014 20 mg 4 weeks

daily fluoxetine 20 mg/d (20), sertraline 50 mg/d (20), paroxetine 20 mg/d (20), healthy control (40)

IELT

not mentioned

2.5 (0.69), 3.09 (1.15), 3.70 (0.86)

IELT < 1 min

KIrecci et al. [29] 2014 20 mg 4 weeks a

daily sertraline 50 mg/d (8), paroxetine 20 mg/d (8), healthy control (11)

IELT, IIEF

not mentioned

1.89 (0.51), 1.92 (0.49)

IELT < 1 min, primary PE

Kirecci et al. [28] 2014 20 mg 4 weeks b

daily sertraline 50 mg/d (20), paroxetine 20 mg/d (20), fluoxetine 20 mg/d (20)

IELT, IIEF

tolerated

1.71 (0.98), 1.78 (0.62), 1.55 (0.64)

lifelong PE (IELT of < 1 min)

Wang et al. [15] 2007 20 mg 6 months

on-demand sildenafil 50 mg/d (59), paroxetine 20 mg/d (649), squeeze technique (38)

IELT, PE grade, intercourse satisfaction score, frequency of intercourse

well tolerated

6.21 (1.86), 4.93 (1.36), 2.62 (0.69)

IELT < 2 min, primary PE

Alghobary et al. [25] 2010 20 mg 6 weeks

on-demand tramadol 50 mg/d (17), daily paroxetine 20 mg/d (18)

IELT, AIPE, libido, erection

well tolerated

3.00,3.84

DSM-IV-TR, lifelong PE

Polat et al. [26] 2015 20 mg 1 month

daily paroxetine 20 mg/d (50), on-demand tadalafil 20 mg (50), on-demand paroxetine 20 mg combined tadalafil 20 mg (50)

IELT, IIEF

well tolerated

1.96 (1.12), 1.84 (0.62), 2.92 (1.00)

lifelong PE

Waldinger et al. [19] 1998 20 mg 6 weeks

placebo (9), fluvoxamine 100 mg/d (10), fluoxetine 20 mg/d (10), paroxetine 20 mg/d (11), sertraline 50 mg/d (11),

IELT

well tolerated

0.48 (0.41), 55 (70), 3.5 (4.18), 7.9 (19.1), 1.95 (1.45)

lifelong PE (IELT of < 1 min)

Shao et al. [32] 2008 20 mg 8 weeks

paroxetine 20 mg/d (40), behaviour therapy (40), paroxetine 10 mg/d combined behaviour therapy (40)

IELT, CIPE-5

well tolerated

4.4 (0.5), 4.2 (0.4), 4.8 (0.5)

not mentioned

Moudi et al. [16] 2016 10 mg 6 months Zhang et al. [30] 2012 20 mg 12 weeks Hamidi-Madani et al. [17] 2018 20 mg 12 weeks Arafa et al. [31] 2007 20 mg 4 weeks

paroxetine 10 mg/d (50), paroxetine 10 mg/d combined tadalafil 10 mg/d (50) behaviour therapy (22), paroxetine 20 mg/d (32), paroxetine 30 mg/d (32), daily sertraline 50 mg/d (28), daily sertraline 100 mg/d (30) on-demand tramadol 50 mg/d (48), paroxetine 20 mg/d (46), placebo (32) daily fluoxetine 20 mg/d (33), escitalopram 10 mg/d (37), paroxetine 20 mg/d (30)

IELT, IIEF IELT, sexual satisfaction IELT, PEP AIPE, IELT

well tolerated well tolerated well tolerated, well tolerated,

4.8 (1), 5.3 (2)—— 2.29 (1.29), 1.52 (1.23), 1.30 (0.92) 2.4 (0.4), 2.5 (0.3), 2.7 (0.2)

lifelong PE (IELT of < 1.5 min) not mentioned lifelong PE (IELT of < 1 min) IELT ≤2 min

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