Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Gut

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 1 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Clinical improvement (dichotomous) · active EoE patients

Corticosteroids may leads to higher clinical improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medical treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.74 [1.08, 2.8]
6 studies · 583 participants
Low

Clinical improvement (dichotomous) · inactive EoE patients

It is very uncertain whether corticosteroids changes clinical improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medical treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.17 [0.75, 6.27]
2 studies · 252 participants
Very low