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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

1,066 questions · 1,120 findings · 99 reviews

No studies found 277 · 24.7%GRADE not reported 119 · 10.6%Very low 292 · 26.1%Low 274 · 24.5%Moderate 112 · 10%High 46 · 4.1%

Dietary supplements (lycopene) vs placebo

Relief of burning/discomfort (symptom relief; pain intensity) · People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such symptoms
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for treating burning mouth syndrome 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
    short-term (up to 3 months) · lycopene
    Lycopene (Cano-Carrillo 2014) contributes to the dietary supplements short-term symptom-relief comparison (12 RCTs, insufficient/contradictory); no separate lycopene symptom-relief estimate reported.
    1 study · 50 participants
    GRADE not reported

Dietary supplements (lycopene) vs placebo

Change in QoL - depression (surrogate marker) · People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such symptoms

It is very uncertain whether dietary supplements (lycopene) changes change in QoL - depression (surrogate marker) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary supplements (lycopene) vs placebo

QoL · People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such symptoms

It is very uncertain whether dietary supplements (lycopene) changes change in quality of life (QoL) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary supplements (lycopene) vs placebo

Change in QoL - anxiety (surrogate marker) · People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such symptoms

It is very uncertain whether dietary supplements (lycopene) changes change in QoL - anxiety (surrogate marker) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review