Question · asked by 1 review

ART alone vs Vincristine or Bleomycin: Brain tumour response rates: complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) combinedNo. of participants: 847(6 RCTs)

Population
Kaposi sarcoma in children with HIV‐1 infection
Intervention
ART alone
Comparison
Vincristine or Bleomycin
Outcome
Brain tumour response rates: complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) combinedNo. of participants: 847(6 RCTs)

It is very uncertain whether ART alone changes complete or Partial Response compared with vincristine or Bleomycin (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
ART alone vs Vincristine or Bleomycin
Complete or Partial Response · Kaposi sarcoma in children with HIV‐1 infection
It is very uncertain whether ART alone changes complete or Partial Response compared with vincristine or Bleomycin (very low certainty).
Treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in children with HIV‐1 infection (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.2 [0.05, 0.79]24 participantsVery low

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in children with HIV‐1 infection
2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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