Allopurinol vs placebo: No episodes of acute pouchitis
Allopurinol showed no clear difference in no episodes of acute pouchitis compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Allopurinol vs placebo No episodes of acute pouchitis · Patients with ileal pouch‐anal anastomosis Allopurinol showed no clear difference in no episodes of acute pouchitis compared with placebo (low certainty). Treatment and prevention of pouchitis after ileal pouch‐anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.43 [0.66, 3.11] | 1 study · 184 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment and prevention of pouchitis after ileal pouch‐anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis 2019 · 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.