Very potent vs potent topical corticosteroid: Clinician‐reported signs of eczema: IGA (number with cleared or marked improvement); short term (earliest time point within 1‐2 weeks)
Very potent showed no clear difference in clinician‐reported signs of eczema: IGA (number with cleared or… compared with potent topical corticosteroid (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Very potent vs potent topical corticosteroid Clinician‐reported signs of eczema: IGA (number with cleared or marked improvement); short term (earliest time point within 1‐2 weeks) · adults with mild to severe eczema Very potent showed no clear difference in clinician‐reported signs of eczema: IGA (number with cleared or… compared with potent topical corticosteroid (low certainty). Strategies for using topical corticosteroids in children and adults with eczema (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.53 [0.13, 2.09] | 3 studies · 243 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategies for using topical corticosteroids in children and adults with eczema 2022 · 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.