TDF+ FTC vs placebo: Serious adverse events
TDF+ FTC showed no clear difference in serious adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
TDF+ FTC vs placebo Serious adverse events · High‐risk HIV‐uninfected individuals (including serodiscordant couples, men who have sex with men and sex workers) TDF+ FTC showed no clear difference in serious adverse events compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Antiretroviral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing HIV in high‐risk individuals (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.83, 1.19] | 3 studies · 6862 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiretroviral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing HIV in high‐risk individuals 2012 · 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.