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235 questions · 242 findings · 27 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 48 · 19.8%GRADE not reported 9 · 3.7%Very low 65 · 26.9%Low 62 · 25.6%Moderate 48 · 19.8%High 10 · 4.1%

Oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid vs 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine)

Withdrawals due to adverse events · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

It is very uncertain whether oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid changes withdrawal due to adverse events compared with comparator 5‐aminosalicylic acid formulation (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid vs 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) (mesalazine)

Exclusion/withdrawal after entry · Patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

Oral 5‐aminosalicylic acid showed no clear difference in exclusion/withdrawal after entry compared with comparator 5‐aminosalicylic acid formulation (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs RUTF using an alternative formulation

Relapse during intervention defined as admission to inpatient therapeutic care, remain wasted, and dropouts during intervention period · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) leads to lower relapse during intervention defined as admission to inpatient… compared with RUTF using an alternative formulation (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs RUTF using an alternative formulation

Mortality during intervention · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) showed no clear difference in mortality during intervention compared with RUTF using an alternative formulation (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs RUTF using an alternative formulation

Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day) · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial
1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs RUTF using an alternative formulation

Recovery during intervention defined as weight gain ≥ 15% in relation to baseline weight, absence of complications and oedema, and MUAC > 110 mm in 2 studies; MUAC > 12.4 cm without oedema in 1 study; WHZ ≥ 80% for two consecutive visits in 1 stud... · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) showed no clear difference in recovery during intervention defined as weight gain ≥ 15% in… compared with RUTF using an alternative formulation (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Feed thickener vs control

Proportion of infants without regurgitation or vomiting at the end of intervention period (asymptomatic infants) · Formula‐fed healthy term infants up to 6 months of age with gastro‐oesophageal reflux

Feed thickener may leads to higher proportion of infants without regurgitation or vomiting at the end… compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Treatment failure day‐28 PCR‐adjusted(PP population) · children aged 14 years or younger with uncomplicated P falciparum malaria

The intervention showed no clear difference in treatment failure day‐28 PCR‐adjusted(PP population) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Treatment failureday‐28 PCR‐adjusted(ITT population) · children aged 14 years or younger with uncomplicated P falciparum malaria

The intervention showed no clear difference in treatment failureday‐28 PCR‐adjusted(ITT population) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review