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Aciclovir (systemic; 800 mg 5x/day for 1 week then 400 mg 2x/day for 11 weeks) vs placebo

Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing oral ulcers in Behçet's disease 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
    Davies 1988 (aciclovir vs placebo, 36 patients, cross-over; high risk of reporting bias; concomitant treatments): data were not presented in a usable format; authors reported no statistically significant difference in…
    1 study · 36 participants
    GRADE not reported

Topical interventions (sucralfate, interferon-alpha, cyclosporin A) vs placebo

Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing oral ulcers in Behçet's disease 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
    SoF (topical interventions vs placebo), grouped comment spanning all four listed outcomes (verbatim): "5 placebo-controlled trials evaluated topical interventions (sucralfate suspension (2 trials), interferon-alpha (2…
    Studies not reported
    GRADE not reported

Systemic interventions (aciclovir, thalidomide, corticosteroids, rebamipide, etanercept, colchicine, interferon-alpha) vs placebo

Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing oral ulcers in Behçet's disease 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
    SoF 2 (systemic interventions vs placebo), grouped comment spanning all four listed outcomes (verbatim; the review's wording "topical" is a typo for systemic): "8 placebo-controlled trials evaluated topical…
    Studies not reported
    GRADE not reported

Sucralfate suspension (topical) vs Placebo suspension

Episode frequency associated with oral ulcers · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care

Sucralfate suspension (topical) showed no clear difference in frequency of oral ulcers compared with placebo suspension; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review