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Curcumin decreases numeric rating scale (NRS) pain intensity

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Accordingly, it has been shown that curcumin was associated with decreased NRS score (SMD: -7.56, 95% CI: -9.47, -5.65, P < 0.001; I2 = 0.0%, P = 0.515) and VAS score (SMD: -1.53, 95% CI: -2.52, -0.54, P = 0.002; I2 = 69.0%, P = 0.072) in patients with RII.”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of curcumin intervention on radiation-induced injury: a GRADE-based systematic review and meta-analysis.
This finding among the 5 findings on its endpoint

curcumin

Numeric rating scale (NRS) pain intensity

lowers

Effect as reported

−7.56standardised mean difference

CI −9.47 to −5.65

Who
Adult cancer patients with radiation-induced injury during radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy; pain pooled from two trials using the numeric rating scale, oral or topical curcumin
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 42050478 · 2026

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

BMC cancer
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y5Y7HN19RATJJQ5Z6N8BFW