Cochrane · systematic review · CD013106

Radix Sophorae flavescentis versus other drugs or herbs for chronic hepatitis B

Liang, N, Kong, DZ, Lu, CL, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · 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
8
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
5
Included studies
NR
No studies 5 · 62.5%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 37.5%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

Radix Sophorae flavescentis versus other drugs or herbs for chronic hepatitis B

Population: chronic hepatitis B
8 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause mortality
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Proportion of participants with ≥ 1 serious adverse events
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Health‐related quality of life
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Hepatitis B‐related mortality
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Hepatitis B‐related morbidity
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Proportion of participants with ≥ 1 adverse events considered 'not to be serious' (at maximum
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
RR 0.86 [0.42, 1.75]2 studies · 163 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Exploratory outcome: Proportion of participants with detectable HBV‐DNA (at maximum
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
RR 1.14 [0.81, 1.63]8 studies · 719 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Exploratory outcome: Proportion of participants with detectable HBeAg (at maximum
Radix Sophorae flavescentis vs other drugs or herbs
RR 0.86 [0.75, 0.98]7 studies · 588 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias