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1,057 questions · 1,077 findings · 32 reviews · Skin

No studies found 395 · 36.7%GRADE not reported 89 · 8.3%Very low 172 · 16%Low 177 · 16.4%Moderate 191 · 17.7%High 53 · 4.9%

Corticosteroid creams/ointments: mometasone furoate cream 3 times/week vs 2 times/week

Primary: investigator‐rated good/excellent control of symptoms · people (all patch‐tested) with hand eczema > 6 months that had cleared upon daily treatment for a maximum of 9 weeks with mometasone…

Corticosteroid creams/ointments: mometasone furoate cream 3 times/week showed no clear difference in primary: investigator‐rated good/excellent control of symptoms compared with 2 times/week (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroid creams/ointments: mometasone furoate cream 3 times/week vs 2 times/week

Primary: participant‐rated good/excellent control of symptoms Not measured · people (all patch‐tested) with hand eczema > 6 months that had cleared upon daily treatment for a maximum of 9 weeks with mometasone…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroid creams/ointments: mometasone furoate cream 3 times/week vs 2 times/week

Primary outcome 3: Adverse events · people (all patch‐tested) with hand eczema > 6 months that had cleared upon daily treatment for a maximum of 9 weeks with mometasone…

Corticosteroid creams/ointments: mometasone furoate cream 3 times/week showed no clear difference in primary: adverse events compared with 2 times/week (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Flutamide 250 mg once to b.i.d. vs metformin 1275 mg to 1700 mg per day

Proportion of participants who reported an adverse event · women with hirsutism

It is very uncertain whether flutamide 250 mg once to twice daily changes proportion of participants who reported an adverse event compared with metformin 1275 mg to 1700 mg per day (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Clobetasol propionate cream vs prednisone

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

Doxycycline vs prednisolone

Treatment‐related mortality at 1 year (mITT) · bullous pemphigoid

Doxycycline probably leads to lower treatment‐related mortality at 1 year (mITT) compared with prednisolone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Doxycycline vs prednisolone

Number of participants with grade 3‐4 (severe or life‐threatening) treatment‐related adverse events at 1 year (raw data) · bullous pemphigoid

Doxycycline probably leads to lower number of participants with grade 3‐4 (severe or life‐threatening)… compared with prednisolone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review