Ulcer healing · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Individualised homeopathic medicine (two doses over 24 hours) led to higher complete ulcer healing by end of study (day 6) compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Number of ulcer-free days and number of new ulcers · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
A single trial at high risk of bias (Kolseth 2005) randomised participants to the herbal component of LongoVital alone or LongoVital with herbal plus vitamin component. Data presented as medians with 95% CIs,…
1 study · 40 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
Average number of new lesions per week · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Daily multivitamin showed no clear difference in mean number of new lesions compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
MD -0.41 [-1.85, 1.03]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Pain at completion of treatment · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Colchicine (0.5 mg per day for 3 months) showed no clear difference in pain at completion of treatment compared with prednisolone (5 mg per day for 3 months); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Physician Global Assessment (clinical signs, complete response) · People with erosive oral lichen planus
Fluocinonide in adhesive base showed no clear difference in physician Global Assessment (clinical signs, complete response) compared with placebo; 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
Side effects · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Table 3 (Side-effects). Malhotra 2008: betamethasone oral mini-pulse - transient oedema over the face (7), oedema over hands and feet (4), epigastric discomfort (7), weakness/fatigue (5), loose stools (1), headache…
1 study · 22 participants
GRADE not reported
Side effects · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Table 3 (Side-effects). Campisi 2004: oral candidiasis (1 in the lipid-loaded microspheres group, 2 in the conventional ointment group). None serious.
1 study · 50 participants
GRADE not reported
Pain intensity and lesion diameter · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
The authors report lower pain and smaller lesions in the camel thorn group up to 10 days after referral; a statistically significant difference in pain intensity was also reported.
1 study · 93 participants
GRADE not reported
Side effects · People with erosive oral lichen planus
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
Ulcer severity score (USS) · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
Beta-glucan (1.3/1.6 beta-glucan 10 mg twice daily for 20 days) led to lower ulcer severity score (USS) compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Ulcer healing · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
A single trial (Pourahmad 2010, unclear risk of bias) randomised 93 participants to camel thorn distillate (n=49) or placebo (n=44). Mean time to complete resolution was 4.02 days (range 3 to 7) for camel thorn…
1 study · 93 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
Reduction in target/mean lesion size · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Restoration of sexual activity · People of any age with erosive lichen planus affecting the oral, anogenital, and/or oesophageal regions
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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
Clinical response ‐ complete response · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1% pimecrolimus cream showed no clear difference in complete clinical response (complete clearance) compared with placebo (vehicle cream); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
General degree of discomfort · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
LongoVital (herbal component alone) showed no clear difference in general degree of discomfort compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review