Intermittent short‐course anti‐TB regimens vs daily anti‐TB regimens: Treatment‐limiting adverse events
It is very uncertain whether intermittent short‐course anti‐TB regimens changes treatment‐limiting adverse events compared with daily anti‐TB regimens (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intermittent short‐course anti‐TB regimens vs daily anti‐TB regimens Treatment‐limiting adverse events · Children with TB1 It is very uncertain whether intermittent short‐course anti‐TB regimens changes treatment‐limiting adverse events compared with daily anti‐TB regimens (very low certainty). Intermittent versus daily therapy for treating tuberculosis in children (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.4 [0.06, 2.6] | 4 studies · 441 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermittent versus daily therapy for treating tuberculosis in children 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.