Reduction in pain · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical score · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
1 finding from 1 review
Time to resolution of first ulcer (days) · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Prednisone (oral, commencing 25 mg with phased dose reduction over 2… led to lower time to resolution of first ulcer (days) compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Time to resolution of first ulcer (days) · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Prednisone (oral, commencing 25 mg with phased dose reduction over 2… led to lower time to resolution of first ulcer (days) compared with montelukast (leukotriene receptor antagonist); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of new lesions over 2-month treatment period · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Prednisone (oral, commencing 25 mg with phased dose reduction over 2… led to lower total number of new lesions over 2-month treatment period compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Days to resolution of pain / epithelialization; number of aphthae per month · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
Femiano 2003 (high risk of bias) reports days to resolution of pain and days to epithelialization of aphthae at 1 month, and number of aphthae per month after the first and second months; data presented as…
1 study · 20 participants
GRADE not reported
Adverse effects · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of new lesions over 2-month treatment period · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Prednisone (oral, commencing 25 mg with phased dose reduction over 2… showed no clear difference in total number of new lesions over 2-month treatment period compared with montelukast (leukotriene receptor antagonist); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
Mean change in average muscle score: prednisone ‐ daily dose regimen (0.75 mg/kg/day) · patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
1 finding from 1 review
Nine‐metre walking/running time: prednisone ‐ daily dose regimen (0.75 mg/kg/day) · patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
1 finding from 1 review
4‐stair climbing time: prednisone ‐ daily dose regimen (0.75 mg/kg/day) · patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
1 finding from 1 review
Weight gain · patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
1 finding from 1 review
Behavioural changes ‐ prednisone (0.75 mg/kg/day) · patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in behavioural changes ‐ prednisone (0.75 mg/kg/day) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Prednisone sparing · patients with neuropsychiatric involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus
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Disease control (healing of skin lesions) at day 21 · bullous pemphigoid
Clobetasol propionate cream probably leads to higher disease control (healing of skin lesions) at day 21 compared with oral prednisone (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Disease control: complete response at 8 weeks: excluding dropouts · bullous pemphigoid
It is very uncertain whether nicotinamide plus tetracycline changes disease control: complete response at 8 weeks: excluding dropouts compared with prednisone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality at 6 months · bullous pemphigoid
It is very uncertain whether nicotinamide plus tetracycline changes mortality at 6 months compared with prednisone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life ‐ not measured · bullous pemphigoid
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality at 1 year · bullous pemphigoid
Clobetasol propionate cream showed no clear difference in mortality at 1 year compared with oral prednisone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review