Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews

Sort:Best matchNewest Highest certainty Download CSV

No studies found 1 · 50%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 50%High 0 · 0%

IV or oral iron alone vs no treatment

Haemoglobin response (Subnet based on 31 studies including 6985 participants) · patients at any age with solid cancer or haematological malignancy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Intravenous iron versus oral iron versus no iron with or without erythropoiesis‐ stimulating agents (ESA) for cancer… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

ESA with or without iron vs no treatment

Haemoglobin response (Subnet based on 31 studies including 6985 participants) · patients at any age with solid cancer or haematological malignancy

ESA with or without iron probably leads to higher haemoglobin response (Subnet based on 31 studies including 6985… compared with no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intravenous iron versus oral iron versus no iron with or without erythropoiesis‐ stimulating agents (ESA) for cancer… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 6.71 [4.93, 9.14]
Studies not reported
Moderate