Summary of results B: Pain‐free at one hour in placebo‐controlled studies | |||||||||
Route of administration | Dose (mg) | Number of | Number with outcome/total | Percent with outcome | Relative benefit (95% CI) | NNT (95% CI) | |||
Studies | Participants | Active | Placebo | Active | Placebo | ||||
In participants with moderate or severe baseline pain | |||||||||
Oral | 50 | 5 | 1735 | 45/902 | 16/833 | 5 | 2 | 2.6 (1.5 to 4.7) | 33 (21 to 73) |
Oral | 100 | 6 | 3176 | 158/2216 | 15/960 | 7 | 2 | 4.0 (2.3 to 6.8) | 18 (15 to 24) |
Subcutaneous | 4 | 2 | 664 | 134/411 | 16/253 | 33 | 6 | 4.7 (2.8 to 7.7) | 3.8 (3.2 to 4.8) |
Subcutaneous | 6 | 16 | 3592 | 905/2198 | 99/1394 | 41 | 7 | 5.6 (4.6 to 6.8) | 2.9 (2.7 to 3.2) |
Intranasal | 20 | 2 | 499 | 39/320 | 4/179 | 12 | 2 | 6.2 (2.2 to 18) | 10 (7.1 to 17) |
In participants with mild baseline pain | |||||||||
Oral | 50 | 5 | 1246 | 161/624 | 87/622 | 26 | 14 | 1.9 (1.5 to 2.4) | 8.5 (6.2 to 13) |
Oral | 100 | 5 | 1240 | 189/618 | 87/622 | 31 | 14 | 2.2 (1.8 to 2.8) | 6.0 (4.7 to 8.3) |