Question · asked by 1 review

Rebamipide (systemic; 300 mg daily) vs placebo: Global aphthae count and pain score

Population
People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
Intervention
Rebamipide (systemic; 300 mg daily)
Comparison
placebo
Outcome
Global aphthae count and pain score

What each review found

Include earlier review versions
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Rebamipide (systemic; 300 mg daily) vs Placebo
Global aphthae count and pain score · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically;…
Interventions for managing oral ulcers in Behçet's disease (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes
Matsuda 2003 (rebamipide 300 mg daily vs placebo, 35 patients; high risk of reporting bias; concomitant treatments): authors stated that rebamipide improved the global evaluation aphthae count and global evaluation…1 study · 35 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for managing oral ulcers in Behçet's disease
2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
2013-10Not listedNot assessed
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.