6‐Mercaptopurine vs 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine): Failure to maintain remission
It is very uncertain whether 6‐Mercaptopurine changes failure to maintain remission compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
6‐Mercaptopurine vs 5‐ASA Failure to maintain remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis It is very uncertain whether 6‐Mercaptopurine changes failure to maintain remission compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty). Azathioprine and 6‐mercaptopurine for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.53 [0.31, 0.9] | 1 study · 22 participants | Very low |
6‐Mercaptopurine vs 5‐ASA Failure to maintain remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis 6‐Mercaptopurine may leads to lower failure to maintain remission compared with 5‐ASA (low certainty). Azathioprine and 6‐mercaptopurine for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD000478.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.53 [0.31, 0.9] | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azathioprine and 6‐mercaptopurine for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis 2016 · 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.