Oral cryotherapy (ice chips, ice-cold water, ice cubes or crushed ice held in the mouth during cancer treatment) vs Placebo, no treatment, or any other treatment to prevent oral mucositis: Oral pain
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral cryotherapy (e.g. ice chips held in the mouth during cancer treatment) vs Placebo, no treatment, or any other treatment to prevent oral mucositis Oral pain · All patients with cancer who are receiving treatment The review found no eligible studies for this question. Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy (2015) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD011552, superseded | Protocol stage (published 24 February 2015): planned outcome; no studies included and no results reported at the protocol stage (results first reported in PUB2). | 0 studies | No studies found |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy 2015 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2015-06 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
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How reviews are matched to this question
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