Gelomyrtol for acute or chronic sinusitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Sinusitis is a common condition worldwide, significantly affecting the quality of life of patients. Due to the limitations of conventional medicines, such as serious side effects and low efficacies, Gelomyrtol may be a promising treatment for sinusitis. As no related systematic review has been published, the purpose of this study will be to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Gelomyrtol for acute or chronic sinusitis. METHODS: PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, the Web of Science, the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, the Wan Fang Database, and the Chongqing VIP Chinese Science, and Technology Periodical Database will be searched from their commencement until July 2020. Randomized controlled trials of Gelomyrtol for acute or chronic sinusitis will be selected in any language. Primary outcomes will include the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) score, quality of life score as measured by SF-36, and the change in computed tomography (CT) score. Study selection, data extraction, and deviation risk assessment will be carried out by 2 investigators independently. RevMan V.5.3 software will be used to analyze the study data. RESULTS: The study will provide high-quality evidence for estimating the efficacy and safety of Gelomyrtol in the treatment of acute or chronic sinusitis. CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review will explore whether Gelomyrtol is an effective and safe intervention in the treatment of acute or chronic sinusitis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: As no patient data will be used in this study, ethical approval will not be required. The review will be published as an article or a conference presentation in a peer-reviewed journal. REGISTRATION: OSF registration number: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/MTEU2.