Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

24 questions · 28 findings · 3 reviews

No studies found 7 · 25%GRADE not reported 7 · 25%Very low 3 · 10.7%Low 7 · 25%Moderate 4 · 14.3%High 0 · 0%

Reduction in pain · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Chainani-Wu 2007: no difference between adjunctive curcuminoids and placebo (recruitment stopped after interim analysis)
1 study · 28 participants
GRADE not reported

Adverse effects · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Amirchaghmaghi 2016: no adverse effects recorded in either group (low-certainty)
1 study
Low

Pain (mean score) · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Amirchaghmaghi 2016: no benefit of adjunctive curcumin for pain (low to very low certainty collectively)
1 study
GRADE not reported

Clinical resolution · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
Amirchaghmaghi 2016: no difference in clinical resolution with vs without curcumin (very low-certainty)
1 study
Very low