Question · asked by 1 review

Topical interventions (sucralfate, interferon-alpha, cyclosporin A) vs placebo: Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers

Population
People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
Intervention
Topical interventions (sucralfate, interferon-alpha, cyclosporin A)
Comparison
placebo
Outcome
Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Topical interventions (sucralfate, interferon-alpha, cyclosporin A) vs Placebo
Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers · 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
SoF (topical interventions vs placebo), grouped comment spanning all four listed outcomes (verbatim): "5 placebo-controlled trials evaluated topical interventions (sucralfate suspension (2 trials), interferon-alpha (2…Not reportedGRADE 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.