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268 questions · 274 findings · 96 reviews

No studies found 24 · 8.8%GRADE not reported 11 · 4%Very low 27 · 9.9%Low 66 · 24.1%Moderate 96 · 35%High 50 · 18.2%

Carboplatin vs cisplatin chemotherapy

Overall survival (baseline risks for low‐ and high‐risk groups in the control arm were estimated at 1 year) · combination with third‐generation drugs for advanced non‐small cell lung cancer

Carboplatin showed no clear difference in overall survival (baseline risks for low‐ and high‐risk groups in… compared with cisplatin chemotherapy (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) + stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) vs WBRT

Overall survivalNo. of participants: 2631(8 RCTs) · patients with newly diagnosed multiple brain metastases

WBRT and radiosurgery showed no clear difference in overall survivalNo. of participants: 358(2 RCTs) compared with WBRT (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

WBRT with radiosensitisers (radiosen) vs WBRT

Overall survivalNo. of participants: 2631(8 RCTs) · patients with newly diagnosed multiple brain metastases

WBRT with radiosensitisers (radiosen) showed no clear difference in overall survivalNo. of participants: 2631(8 RCTs) compared with WBRT alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Overall survival (OS) ‐ Network (subnet 1) included 3 pairwise comparisons ‐ Median · people with a confirmed diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and a favourable risk according to the International Metastatic…
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Overall survival (OS) ‐ Network (subnet 1) included 5 pairwise comparisons ‐ Median · people with a confirmed diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and a favourable risk according to the International Metastatic…
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Overall survival (OS) ‐ Network (subnet 1) included 10 pairwise comparisons ‐ Median · people with a confirmed diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and an intermediate or poor risk according to the International…
1 finding from 1 review

Tivozanib vs sorafenib (targeted agent versus targeted agent)

Overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival rate at 24 months) · Treatment‐naïve metastatic renal cell carcinoma (clear cell type)

Tivozanib showed no clear difference in overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival… compared with sorafenib (targeted agent versus targeted agent) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sorafenib vs pazopanib (targeted agent versus targeted agent)

Overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival rate at 24 months) · Treatment‐naïve metastatic renal cell carcinoma (any cell type)

Sorafenib showed no clear difference in overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival… compared with pazopanib (targeted agent versus targeted agent) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sunitinib vs everolimus (targeted agent versus targeted agent)

Overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival rate at 24 months) · Treatment‐naïve metastatic renal cell carcinoma (any cell type)

Sunitinib showed no clear difference in overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival… compared with everolimus (targeted agent versus targeted agent) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sorafenib vs sunitinib (targeted agent versus targeted agent)

Overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival rate at 24 months) · Treatment‐naïve metastatic renal cell carcinoma (any cell type)

It is very uncertain whether sorafenib changes overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival… compared with sunitinib (targeted agent versus targeted agent) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sunitinib vs IMA901 + sunitinib (targeted agent versus tumour vaccine + targeted agent)

Overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival rate at 12 months) · Treatment‐naïve metastatic renal cell carcinoma (clear cell type)

Sunitinib showed no clear difference in overall survival (absolute effect size estimates based on survival… compared with IMA901 + sunitinib (targeted agent versus tumour vaccine + targeted… (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review