Rifapentine plus isoniazid weekly vs isoniazid: Active TB
Rifapentine plus isoniazid weekly showed no clear difference in active TB compared with isoniazid daily (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Rifapentine plus isoniazid weekly vs isoniazid daily Active TB · HIV‐negative people at risk of TB infection1 Rifapentine plus isoniazid weekly showed no clear difference in active TB compared with isoniazid daily (moderate certainty). Rifamycins (rifampicin, rifabutin and rifapentine) compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in… (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.44 [0.18, 1.07] | 1 study · 7731 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifamycins (rifampicin, rifabutin and rifapentine) compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV‐negative people at risk of… 2013 · 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.