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Summary of findings: Comparison 3 ‐ deferiprone (DFP) vs deferoxamine: All‐cause mortality

Population
improving adherence to iron chelation therapy in people with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia
Intervention
Summary of findings: Comparison 3 ‐ deferiprone (DFP)
Comparison
deferoxamine
Outcome
All‐cause mortality

It is very uncertain whether DFP changes all‐cause mortality compared with DFO (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
DFP vs DFO
All‐cause mortality · improving adherence to iron chelation therapy in people with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia
It is very uncertain whether DFP changes all‐cause mortality compared with DFO (very low certainty).
Interventions for improving adherence to iron chelation therapy in people with sickle cell disease or… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD012349.PUB2, superseded
RR 0.44 [0.12, 1.63]1 study · 88 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for improving adherence to iron chelation therapy in people with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

How reviews are matched to this question

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