Rituximab vs other disease‐modifying treatments: Interferons or glatiramer acetate
It is very uncertain whether rituximab as 'switching' changes interferons or glatiramer acetate compared with other disease‐modifying treatments (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Rituximab as 'switching' vs other disease‐modifying treatments Interferons or glatiramer acetate · relapsing multiple sclerosis It is very uncertain whether rituximab as 'switching' changes interferons or glatiramer acetate compared with other disease‐modifying treatments (very low certainty). Rituximab for people with multiple sclerosis (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | HR 0.86 [0.52, 1.42] | 853 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rituximab for people with multiple sclerosis 2021 · 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.