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1,340 questions · 1,512 findings · 205 reviews

No studies found 317 · 21%GRADE not reported 358 · 23.7%Very low 356 · 23.5%Low 271 · 17.9%Moderate 173 · 11.4%High 37 · 2.4%

Intralesional betamethasone vs placebo

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Goel 2015 (3-arm: intralesional betamethasone vs lycopene vs placebo, 90 per arm): appeared to show increased interincisal distance in both intervention groups vs placebo, but only between-group differences with no…
    1 study · 180 participants
    GRADE not reported

Tongue depressor stretches (physiotherapy) vs Intralesional steroid plus hyaluronidase injections

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)

It is very uncertain whether tongue depressor stretches (physiotherapy) changes maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) compared with intralesional steroid plus hyaluronidase injections (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Hydrocortisone plus hyaluronidase (intralesional) vs Intralesional steroid plus hyaluronidase injections

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Singh 2010 (hydrocortisone+hyaluronidase 50 vs triamcinolone+hyaluronidase 50): mouth opening reported categorically (trismus) rather than as continuous data, precluding quantitative analysis; authors found no…
    1 study · 100 participants
    GRADE not reported

Antioxidant capsules vs Topical aloe vera gel

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Sudarshan 2012 (topical aloe vera 10 vs antioxidant capsules 10): reported improvement in interincisal distance but no baseline data, so change could not be determined; excluded from meta-analysis.
    1 study · 20 participants
    GRADE not reported

Pentoxifylline vs Spirulina

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)

Pentoxifylline may leads to lower maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) compared with spirulina (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Hydrocortisone plus hyaluronidase (intralesional) vs Placebo or no active treatment

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)

It is very uncertain whether hydrocortisone plus hyaluronidase (intralesional) changes maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) compared with placebo or no active treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intralesional triamcinolone vs Intralesional salvianolic acid B

Maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)

It is very uncertain whether intralesional triamcinolone changes maximal mouth opening (interincisal distance) compared with intralesional salvianolic acid B (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low‐level laser therapy vs Conventional orthodontic appliance treatment

Rate of maxillary molar intrusion for correction of anterior open bite · Adolescents and adults with malocclusion undergoing fixed orthodontic appliance treatment
1 finding from 1 review

Platinum doublet vs non‐platinum therapy

Toxicity – neutropenia grade 3–5 · people with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer, performance status 2 without a targetable mutation or with an unknown mutation status

Platinum doublet may leads to higher toxicity – neutropenia grade 3–5 compared with non‐platinum therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Platinum doublet vs non‐platinum therapy

Toxicity – thrombocytopenia grade 3–5 · people with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer, performance status 2 without a targetable mutation or with an unknown mutation status

Platinum doublet may leads to higher toxicity – thrombocytopenia grade 3–5 compared with non‐platinum therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Single foetal haemoglobin inducer at any dose or duration vs another dose or dose regimen of the same foetal haemoglobin inducer

Neutropenia · people with non‐transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassaemia

It is very uncertain whether one dose or dose regimen of a foetal haemoglobin inducer changes neutropenia (WBC < 1 × 103/μL, ANC < 0.5 × 103/μL) compared with another dose or dose regimen of the same foetal haemoglobin inducer (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Single foetal haemoglobin inducer at any dose or duration vs another dose or dose regimen of the same foetal haemoglobin inducer

Thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 50 × 103/μL) · people with non‐transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassaemia

It is very uncertain whether one dose or dose regimen of a foetal haemoglobin inducer changes thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 50 × 103/μL) compared with another dose or dose regimen of the same foetal haemoglobin inducer (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Laser therapy plus other treatment vs other treatment

Scar severity ‐ Helium‐Neon (He‐Ne) laser plus decamethyltetrasiloxane, polydimethylsiloxane and cyclopentasiloxane cream versus decamethyltetrasiloxane, polydimethylsiloxane and cyclopentasiloxane cream ‐ Vancouver Scar scale (VSS) (higher scores... · participants with hypertrophic and keloid scars
1 finding from 1 review

Weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin vs tri‐weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin

Grade 3 to 4 neutropenia · first‐line treatment of ovarian cancer

Weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin showed no clear difference in haematological adverse event: Grade 3/4 neutropenia compared with tri‐weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review