Question · asked by 1 review

Topical bleomycin vs placebo or no treatment: Safety of the intervention (adverse effects)

Population
People with a diagnosis of oral leukoplakia
Intervention
Topical bleomycin
Comparison
placebo or no treatment
Outcome
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects)

What each review found

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No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 4 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Topical bleomycin vs Placebo or no treatment
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects) · People with a diagnosis of oral leukoplakia · up to 3 months
Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes
SoF 5, Safety of the intervention up to 3 months: 'All patients in the bleomycin group developed erythema with erosion by the end of the applications, whereas erythema developed in the placebo group. Discomfort was…1 studyGRADE not reported
Topical bleomycin vs Placebo or no treatment
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects) · People with a diagnosis of oral leukoplakia
Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer (2006) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD001829.PUB3, superseded
Adverse effects (Table 1): topical bleomycin 10/10 vs 0/12 (100%).1 studyGRADE not reported
Topical bleomycin vs Placebo or no treatment
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects) · People with a diagnosis of oral leukoplakia
Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer (2004) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD001829.PUB2, superseded
Adverse effects (Table 1): topical bleomycin 10/10 vs 0/12 (100%).1 studyGRADE not reported
Topical bleomycin vs Placebo or no treatment
Safety of the intervention (adverse effects) · People with a diagnosis of oral leukoplakia
Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer (1999) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD001829, superseded
Adverse effects (Table 1): topical bleomycin (Epstein) 10/10 vs 0/12 (100%).1 studyGRADE not reported

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer
2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
2016-05Not 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.