Interventions for managing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw

Interventions for managing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw

Cochrane Review 17 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Xerostomia - Up to and including 6 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
-0.35 - - Not assessed
Salivary flow rate (unstimulated) - Up to and including 3 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
-0.06 - - Not assessed
Overall survival - Up to and including 6 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
1.07 - - Not assessed
Quality of life - Up to and including 6 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
0.2 - - Not assessed
sweating
no treatment/placebo
2.98 - - Not assessed
adverse events, apart from for sweating
no treatment/placebo
nan - - Not assessed
Xerostomia (0-4 scale - grade 2 or above) - 12 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
0.7 - - Not assessed
Salivary flow rate (mg/5 min) (unstimulated) - 12 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
0.32 - - Not assessed
Overall survival at 12 to 24 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
1.18 - - Not assessed
Quality of life (Patient Benefit Questionnaire) - 12 months postRT
no treatment/placebo
0.7 - - Not assessed
vomiting associated with amifostine (Adverse effects)
no treatment/placebo
4.9 - - Not assessed
hypotension associated with amifostine(Adverse effects)
no treatment/placebo
9.2 - - Not assessed
nausea associated with amifostine(Adverse effects)
no treatment/placebo
2.6 - - Not assessed
allergic response associated with amifostine(Adverse effects)
no treatment/placebo
7.51 - - Not assessed
Xerostomia (0-4 scale - grade 2 or above) - Up to and including 3 months postRT
placebo
0.97 - - Not assessed
Overall survival at 42 to 72 months from baseline
placebo
1.0 - - Not assessed
Adverse effects
placebo
nan - - Not assessed
GRADE Certainty of Evidence:
High Very confident in the effect estimate
Moderate Moderately confident in the effect estimate
Low Limited confidence in the effect estimate
Very Low Very little confidence in the effect estimate

Review Information

Review ID: CD012744
Outcomes: 17 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 17