Cochrane · systematic review · CD011647

Interventions for hereditary haemochromatosis

Buzzetti, E, Kalafateli, M, Thorburn, D, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 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
3
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 20%Ungraded 1 · 20%Very low 3 · 60%Low 0 · 0%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

Erythrocytapheresis versus phlebotomy for hereditary haemochromatosis

Population: people with hereditary haemochromatosis
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Long‐term mortality
Erythrocytapheresis vs phlebotomy
no estimate extracted1 participantsUngraded
Mortality
Erythrocytapheresis vs phlebotomy
no estimate extracted1 study · 38 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Serious adverse events
Erythrocytapheresis vs phlebotomy
no estimate extracted1 study · 38 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Health‐related quality of life EQ‐VAS. Scale from: 0 to 100.
Erythrocytapheresis vs phlebotomy
no estimate extracted1 study · 38 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Health‐related quality of life beyond one year
Erythrocytapheresis vs phlebotomy
no estimate extractedNRNo studies