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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

1,106 questions · 1,152 findings · 69 reviews

No studies found 216 · 18.8%GRADE not reported 448 · 38.9%Very low 122 · 10.6%Low 195 · 16.9%Moderate 127 · 11%High 44 · 3.8%

Probiotics vs other active intervention

Grade ≥ 3 diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)

Probiotics may leads to lower severity of diarrhoea: grade 3 or higher compared with other active treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Probiotics vs other active intervention

Requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)

It is very uncertain whether probiotics changes requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea compared with other active treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

Median (mean) time to use of rescue medication · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)
2 findings from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

Requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)

Probiotics showed no clear difference in requiring rescue medication for diarrhoea compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

Adverse events · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)
2 findings from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

All‐cause mortality · participants with cancer treated with radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy)
2 findings from 1 review