Standard interferon vs non‐pegylated interferon plus ribavirin: Treatment discontinuation
Standard Interferon probably leads to lower treatment discontinuation Number of patients discontinuing treatment compared with standard interferon with ribavirin (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Standard Interferon vs standard interferon with ribavirin Treatment discontinuation Number of patients discontinuing treatment · patients on HD with HCV infection Standard Interferon probably leads to lower treatment discontinuation Number of patients discontinuing treatment compared with standard interferon with ribavirin (moderate certainty). Interventions for dialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD007003.PUB2, superseded | RR 0.34 [0.14, 0.84] | 1 study · 54 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for dialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection 2023 · 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.