Maintenance of clinical remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis
Probiotics showed no clear difference in maintenance of clinical remission (52 weeks) compared with 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events (52 weeks) · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis
It is very uncertain whether probiotics changes serious adverse events (52 weeks) compared with 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to maintain remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis
It is very uncertain whether 6‐Mercaptopurine changes failure to maintain remission compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · Patients with active Crohn's disease
It is very uncertain whether azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine changes clinical remission compared with 5‐ASA or Sulfasalzine (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with active Crohn's disease
Azathioprine or 6‐mercaptopurine showed no clear difference in withdrawals due to adverse events compared with 5‐ASA or Sulfasalzine (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maintenance of remission · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis
It is very uncertain whether methotrexate changes maintenance of remission compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.12 [0.06, 20.71]
1 study · 9 participants
Very low
Failure to enter remission or possible remission at 16 weeks (Arora 1999) · adult patients with refractory Crohn's disease
It is very uncertain whether methotrexate changes failure to enter remission or possible remission at 30 weeks… compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to adverse events · adult patients with refractory Crohn's disease
It is very uncertain whether methotrexate changes withdrawal due to adverse event (Maté‐Jiménez 2000) compared with 5‐ASA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical remission · patients with induction of remission in ulcerative colitis
It is very uncertain whether methotrexate changes proportion of patients achieved clinical remission compared with 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review