Question · asked by 1 review
Probiotics vs other active intervention: Adverse events
- Population
- participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)
- Intervention
- Probiotics
- Comparison
- other active intervention
- Outcome
- Adverse events
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Probiotics vs other active treatment Adverse events · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 211 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.