Cochrane · systematic review · CD002190
Vaccines for the common cold
Montesinos-Guevara, C, Buitrago-Garcia, D, Felix, ML, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2022 · Cochrane Library
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 33.3%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Show all 3 versionsVirus vaccines compared to placebo for preventing the common cold in healthy people
Population: young, healthy men in a military facility
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Incidence of the common cold Number of participants with common cold by group Virus vaccines vs placebo | RR 0.95 [0.45, 2.02] | 1 study · 2307 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Vaccine safety Virus vaccines vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 2307 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Mortality: vaccine related and all cause ‐ not reported Virus vaccines vs placebo | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |