Average pain scores (0-100 VAS) · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Hydromorphone showed no clear difference in average pain scores (0-100 VAS) compared with morphine; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Mucositis eradicated · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Vitamin E (topical) led to higher mucositis eradicated compared with vitamin E (swallowed); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Average pain scores (0-100 VAS) · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Morphine led to lower average pain scores (0-100 VAS) compared with tricyclic antidepressant (nortriptyline); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Mycological: eradication of oral candidiasis · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy with overt oral candidiasis
Clotrimazole 50 mg (partially absorbed) led to higher mycological: eradication of oral candidiasis compared with clotrimazole 10 mg (partially absorbed); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Time to heal mucositis (days) · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) led to lower time to heal mucositis (days) compared with povidone iodine; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Improvement in mucositis · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Polyvariant intramuscular immunoglobulin led to higher improvement in mucositis compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Presence/absence of HSV oral lesions · Patients being treated for cancer (acute leukaemia; chemotherapy or stem-cell transplantation)
Prophylactic valaciclovir (lower dose) showed no clear difference in presence/absence of HSV oral lesions compared with prophylactic valaciclovir (higher dose); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse drug reactions · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
1 finding from 1 review
Only Goudot 2000 reported adverse reactions. Arthroscopy group: one transient frontal palsy (during 3 months); one cervico-facial oedema requiring prolonged intubation (12 hours). Arthrocentesis group: two severe…
1 study · 62 participants
GRADE not reported
Overall success (compound score combining pain and MIO) · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
Arthrocentesis and lavage showed no clear difference in overall success (compound score combining pain and MIO) compared with arthroscopy; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Viral isolates · Patients being treated for cancer (acute leukaemia; chemotherapy or stem-cell transplantation)
1 finding from 1 review
Orlowski 2004: 182 throat swabs performed for patients receiving 500 mg of valaciclovir (n = 40) and 198 swabs for those receiving 1000 mg (n = 41); all of the cultures proved negative (1 trial, 81; not estimable).
1 study · 81 participants
GRADE not reported
Temporomandibular joint tenderness · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Deviation of the mandible · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (VAS) · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
Arthrocentesis and lavage showed no clear difference in pain (VAS) compared with arthroscopy; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Muscular tenderness · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects · Patients being treated for cancer (acute leukaemia; chemotherapy or stem-cell transplantation)
1 finding from 1 review
One study reported adverse effects (Warkentin 2002). Twenty patients allocated to receive high dose valaciclovir reported adverse effects (42%); for the low dose group this number was 27 (52%). Adverse effects were…
1 study · 100 participants
GRADE not reported
Maximum bite force · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Trismus / maximum mouth opening (mean) · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
Arthrocentesis and lavage led to lower maximum incisal (mouth) opening (MIO) compared with arthroscopy; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Improvement in pain (proportion of participants improved/healed) · Adults with temporomandibular joint disorders (internal derangement; anterior disc displacement with or without reduction) whose symptoms…
Arthrocentesis and lavage showed no clear difference in improvement in pain (proportion of participants improved/healed) compared with arthroscopy; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Systemic fungal infection · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
Antifungal drugs partially absorbed from GI tract (miconazole,… showed no clear difference in systemic fungal infection compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review