Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine + infliximab showed no clear difference in withdrawals due to adverse events compared with infliximab (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine + infliximab probably leads to lower serious adverse events compared with infliximab (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission1 · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in clinical remission1 compared with methotrexate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission or improvement · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in clinical remission or improvement compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine may leads to lower adverse events compared with methotrexate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
It is very uncertain whether azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine changes withdrawals due to adverse events compared with methotrexate (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · Patients with active Crohn's disease
It is very uncertain whether azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine changes clinical remission compared with 5‐ASA or Sulfasalzine (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in withdrawals due to adverse events compared with 5‐ASA or Sulfasalzine (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Fistula improvement or healing · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in fistula improvement or healing compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Steroid sparing effect · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine probably leads to higher steroid sparing effect compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in withdrawals due to adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in serious Adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine probably leads to lower clinical remission compared with infliximab (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission off steroids · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine probably leads to lower clinical remission off steroids compared with infliximab (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mucosal healing · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine probably leads to lower mucosal healing compared with infliximab (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Relapse, drop‐outs classed as relapse, grouped by length of · patients with maintenance of medically‐induced remission in Crohn's disease
5‐ASA showed no clear difference in relapse, drop‐outs classed as relapse, grouped by length of compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 0.98 [0.91, 1.07]
11 studies · 2014 participants
Moderate
RR 0.99 [0.8, 1.23]
1 study · 161 participants
Low
RR 1.07 [0.86, 1.33]
1 study · 132 participants
Moderate
Adverse events · patients with maintenance of medically‐induced remission in Crohn's disease
5‐ASA showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · patients with maintenance of medically‐induced remission in Crohn's disease
5‐ASA showed no clear difference in withdrawals due to adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · patients with maintenance of medically‐induced remission in Crohn's disease
5‐ASA showed no clear difference in serious adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
H. pylori eradication therapy plus ulcer healing drug versus ulcer healing drug alone · people with Helicobacter pylori‐positive peptic ulcer
The intervention may leads to lower H. pylori eradication therapy plus ulcer healing drug versus ulcer… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review