Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA showed no clear difference in withdrawal due to adverse events compared with comparator 5‐ASA (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to induce endoscopic remission · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA probably leads to lower failure to induce endoscopic remission compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to adhere to medication regimen · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA showed no clear difference in serious adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA probably leads to lower withdrawal due to adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to induce global or clinical remission · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA showed no clear difference in failure to induce global or clinical remission compared with SASP (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to induce global or clinical improvement · Patients with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Oral 5‐ASA showed no clear difference in failure to induce global or clinical improvement compared with SASP (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · people with active UC
Probiotics may leads to higher clinical remission compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Disease improvement · people with active UC
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Remission · people with active UC
Probiotics plus 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine) may leads to higher remission compared with 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Disease improvement · people with active UC
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Minor adverse events · people with active UC
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Serious adverse events · people with active UC
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Withdrawals due to adverse events · people with active UC
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Disease improvement (based on clinical scores) · people with active UC
Probiotics may leads to higher disease improvement (based on clinical scores) compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Minor adverse events · people with active UC
It is very uncertain whether probiotics changes minor adverse events compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · people with active UC
It is very uncertain whether probiotics changes serious adverse events compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · people with active UC
Probiotics showed no clear difference in withdrawal due to adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · people with active UC
Probiotics showed no clear difference in clinical remission compared with 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review