Summary of findings: urate oxidase vs allopurinol: Mortality due to tumour lysis syndrome
Summary of findings: urate oxidase may leads to lower mortality due to tumour lysis syndrome ( compared with allopurinol (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary of findings: urate oxidase vs allopurinol Mortality due to tumour lysis syndrome ( · children with haematological malignancy at risk of tumour lysis syndrome Summary of findings: urate oxidase may leads to lower mortality due to tumour lysis syndrome ( compared with allopurinol (low certainty). Urate oxidase for the prevention and treatment of tumour lysis syndrome in children with cancer (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.05 [0, 0.89] | 3 studies · 396 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urate oxidase for the prevention and treatment of tumour lysis syndrome in children with cancer 2017 · 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.