Radiotherapy vs control: Progression to visual loss (loss of 3 or more lines on logMAR chart)
Radiotherapy showed no clear difference in three or more lines visual acuity lost compared with control (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Radiotherapy vs control Three or more lines visual acuity lost · patients with neovascular age‐related macular degeneration Radiotherapy showed no clear difference in three or more lines visual acuity lost compared with control (moderate certainty). Radiotherapy for neovascular age‐related macular degeneration (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD004004.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.9 [0.74, 1.1] | 8 studies · 759 participants | Moderate |
Radiotherapy vs control Three or more lines visual acuity lost · patients with neovascular age‐related macular degeneration Radiotherapy showed no clear difference in three or more lines visual acuity lost compared with control (low certainty). Radiotherapy for neovascular age‐related macular degeneration (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD004004.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.81 [0.63, 1.03] | 4 studies · 428 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiotherapy for neovascular age‐related macular degeneration 2020 · 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.