Question · asked by 1 review

Cyclosporin (systemic; 10 mg/kg/day for 16 weeks) vs Colchicine (systemic; 1 mg daily): Safety of the intervention (adverse effects)

Population
People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
Intervention
Cyclosporin (systemic; 10 mg/kg/day for 16 weeks)
Comparison
Colchicine (systemic; 1 mg daily)
Outcome
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects)

What each review found

Current versions only
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Cyclosporin (systemic; 10 mg/kg/day) vs Colchicine (systemic; 1 mg daily)
Safety of the intervention including adverse effects · 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
Masuda 1989: multiple adverse events in the cyclosporin arm; 3 patients withdrew and 9 had a dose reduction as a result.1 study · 92 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.