Combination therapy vs placebo: Adverse events
Combination therapy probably leads to higher adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Combination therapy vs placebo Adverse events · men with lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic obstruction Combination therapy probably leads to higher adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Anticholinergics combined with alpha‐blockers for treating lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.24 [1.04, 1.47] | 3 studies · 1848 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anticholinergics combined with alpha‐blockers for treating lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic obstruction 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.