Prophylactic perindopril (2 mg to 4 mg daily) vs placebo: Adverse events
Prophylactic perindopril (2 mg to 4 mg daily) showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Prophylactic perindopril (2 mg to 4 mg daily) vs placebo Adverse events · boys with DMD, normal cardiac examination and LVEF > 55% at baseline Prophylactic perindopril (2 mg to 4 mg daily) showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty). Interventions for preventing and treating cardiac complications in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.16 [0.78, 1.72] | 1 study · 57 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for preventing and treating cardiac complications in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy and X‐linked dilated… 2018 · 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.