Cochrane · systematic review · CD008424

Curcumin for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis

Garg, SK, Ahuja, V, Sankar, MJ, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · Cochrane Library

GutAMSTAR 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 0 · 0%Low 4 · 100%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

Curcumin versus placebo for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis

Population: Maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Relapse at 6 months Clinical Disease Activty Index more than 42
Curcumin vs placebo
RR 0.24 [0.05, 1.09]1 study · 89 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness, publication bias
Relapse at 12 months Clinical Disease Activty Index more than 42
Curcumin vs placebo
RR 0.7 [0.35, 1.4]1 study · 89 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness, publication bias
Clinical Activity Index at 6 months Clinical Disease Activty Index 2. Scale from: 0 to 12.
Curcumin vs placebo
no estimate extracted1 study · 82 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness, publication bias
Endoscopic Index at 6 months Endoscopic Index9. Scale from: 1 to 4.
Curcumin vs placebo
no estimate extracted1 study · 82 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness, publication bias