Cochrane · systematic review · CD013653

Antivirals for prevention of hepatitis B virus mother‐to‐child transmission in human immunodeficiency virus positive pregnant women co‐infected with hepatitis B virus

Ugwu, EO, Eleje, GU, Ugwu, AO, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · 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
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 2 · 40%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

Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens versus placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens for prevention of hepatitis B virus mother‐to‐child transmission in human immunodeficiency virus‐positive pregnant women co‐infected with hepatitis B virus

Population: HIV‐positive pregnant women co‐infected with hepatitis B virus
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause infant mortality at longest
Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens vs placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens
RR 2.24 [0.72, 6.96]1 study · 132 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Proportion of infants with serious adverse events (
Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens vs placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens
RR 1.76 [1.27, 2.43]1 study · 132 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Proportion of infants with HBV mother‐to‐child transmission
Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens vs placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens
no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsUngraded
All‐cause maternal mortality at the longest
Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens vs placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens
no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsUngraded
Proportion of mothers with serious adverse events (
Tenofovir‐based antiviral combination regimens vs placebo or tenofovir alone or non‐tenofovir‐based antiviral regimens
RR 0.9 [0.62, 1.32]2 studies · 270 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision