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Oral prednisone plus curcuminoids (adjunctive) vs Oral prednisone plus placebo: Reduction in pain

Population
People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
Intervention
Oral prednisone plus curcuminoids (adjunctive)
Comparison
Oral prednisone plus placebo
Outcome
Reduction in pain

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Oral prednisone plus curcuminoids (adjunctive) vs Oral prednisone plus placebo
Reduction in pain · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes
Chainani-Wu 2007: no difference between adjunctive curcuminoids and placebo (recruitment stopped after interim analysis)1 study · 28 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies
2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
2019-02Not listedNot assessed
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