Cochrane · systematic review · CD011405

High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation for children, adolescents, and young adults with primary metastatic Ewing sarcoma

Haveman, LM, van Ewijk, R, van Dalen, EC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2021 · Cochrane Library

Childhood CancerAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
4
Included studies
NR
No studies 4 · 80%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation compared with conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation

Population: children, adolescents, and young adults with primary metastatic Ewing sarcoma
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Event‐free survival (reported as number of participants with progression, relapse, second malignancy, or death, whatever the cause)
High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation
HR 0.83 [0.59, 1.17]1 study · 267 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Overall survival
High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Quality‐adjusted survival
High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Toxicity
High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Progression‐free survival
High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation
no estimate extractedNRNo studies