Cochrane · systematic review · CD007963

Oxcarbazepine for neuropathic pain

Zhou, M, Chen, N, He, L, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Neuromuscular2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
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
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 75%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 25%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.

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Oxcarbazepine versus placebo for painful diabetic neuropathy

Population: people with painful diabetic neuropathy
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Reduction in participant‐reported pain scores by at least 50% from the baseline VAS
Oxcarbazepine vs placebo
RR 1.91 [1.08, 3.39]1 study · 146 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Reduction in participant‐reported pain scores by at least 30% from the baseline VAS
Oxcarbazepine vs placebo
RR 1.57 [1.01, 2.44]1 study · 146 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Participants' global impression of their change in pain Participant's global assessment of therapeutic effect, 'much' or 'very much'
Oxcarbazepine vs placebo
RR 1.46 [1.13, 1.88]2 studies · 493 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Serious adverse effects
Oxcarbazepine vs placebo
RR 3.65 [1.45, 9.2]3 studies · 634 participantsModerate
Downgraded: imprecision