Oral ferric maltol vs oral placebo: Serious adverse events ‐ mild disease to quiescent (up to 52 weeks)
It is very uncertain whether oral ferric maltol changes serious adverse events ‐ mild disease to quiescent (up to 52 weeks) compared with oral placebo (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral ferric maltol vs oral placebo Serious adverse events ‐ mild disease to quiescent (up to 52 weeks) · IBD patients It is very uncertain whether oral ferric maltol changes serious adverse events ‐ mild disease to quiescent (up to 52 weeks) compared with oral placebo (very low certainty). Interventions for treating iron deficiency anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.15, 6.88] | 1 study · 128 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for treating iron deficiency anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease 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.