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Probiotics vs other active intervention

Requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)

It is very uncertain whether probiotics changes requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea compared with other active treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.44 [0.22, 0.86]
2 studies · 63 participants
Very low

Probiotics vs placebo

Requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)

Probiotics showed no clear difference in requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.74 [0.53, 1.03]
1 study · 205 participants
Moderate
Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.5 [0.15, 1.66]
3 studies · 194 participants
Very low

Probiotics vs placebo

Requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with chemotherapy

1 finding from 1 review

Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy‐ or radiotherapy‐related diarrhoea in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 46 participants
Low