SUCRALFATE MAY BE AN EFFECTIVE TOPICAL AGENT IN PREVENTING ORAL MUCOSITIS

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Coppini M, Caponio VCA, Mauceri R, Bizzoca ME, Laino L, Lorenzo-Pouso AI, Russo D, Troiano G, Silva FFVE, Lo Muzio L, Campisi G. Efficacy of topical agents in oral mucositis prevention: Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Oral Dis. 2024. doi: 10.1111/odi.15046. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38923624.

Source of funding: This research has been partly funded by the Active Pharmacovigilance Project Fund (AIFA project "ADR in Dentistry in the Digital Age: From Reporting to Specialist Consultation with a Click"-"ADR in Odontoiatria nell'era informatica: dalla segnalazione alla visita specialistica con un click," led by Prof. G. Campisi). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Type of study/design: Systematic review with network meta-analysis.

Keywords: Cancer; Network meta‐analysis; Oral mucosa; Oral mucositis; Prevention; Stomatitis; Sucralfate; Systematic review; Therapy.