Abstract

Data sourcesCochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register, CENTRAL, Medline, Embase, CancerLit, CINAHL, AMED, clinicaltrials.gov and the WHO International Trial Registry Platform. The reviewers searched six grey literature sites and contacted authors, researchers and pharmaceutical companies.Study selectionRandomised controlled trials for the treatment of BRONJ comparing interventions with other treatment or placebo were included in any setting with no age restriction.Data extraction and synthesisIndependently, two reviewers selected studies for inclusion, risk of bias and data extraction. The main outcome was healing. Secondary outcomes were pain improvement and quality of life.ResultsOne RCT with 49 patients met the inclusion criteria comparing the addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to standard of care alone. Changes in the lesion size and number were assessed at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months. Pain was assessed weekly while quality of life was assessed at baseline and six months. Improvement, as measured by the decrease in the size or number of lesions, achieved a RR 1.94, CI 95% (1.01 to 3.74) at three months. No other measure of this outcome was statistically significant. Pain changes and quality of life could not be numerically analysed.ConclusionsThe authors concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support a particular regimen for the treatment of BRONJ.

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