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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

29 questions · 30 findings · 11 reviews

No studies found 4 · 13.3%GRADE not reported 2 · 6.7%Very low 5 · 16.7%Low 6 · 20%Moderate 7 · 23.3%High 6 · 20%

Oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid vs 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine)

Failure to maintain clinical or endoscopic remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

Oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid showed no clear difference in failure to maintain clinical or endoscopic remission compared with comparator 5‐aminosalicylic acid formulation (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Budesonide vs mesalamine

Remission (combined clinical and endoscopic remission) · Adult patients with active ulcerative colitis

Budesonide showed no clear difference in remission (combined clinical and endoscopic remission) compared with mesalamine (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Fecal microbiota transplantation vs control

Maintenance of endoscopic remission in UC (RR > 1 favors FMT) · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

It is very uncertain whether fecal microbiota transplantation changes maintenance of endoscopic remission in UC (RR > 1 favors FMT) compared with control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review