Cochrane · systematic review · CD015048

Impact of residual disease as a prognostic factor for survival in women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer after primary surgery

Bryant, A, Hiu, S, Kunonga, PT, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2022 · Cochrane Library

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
14
current version
GRADE rated
13
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 7.1%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 7 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 6 · 42.9%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

Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm versus NMRD in PDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after PDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm vs NMRD
HR 2.03 [1.8, 2.29]17 studies · 9404 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm vs NMRD
HR 1.88 [1.63, 2.16]10 studies · 6596 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias

Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm versus no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD) in PDS studies

Population: women with advanced ovarian cancer after PDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD)
HR 2.5 [2.13, 2.94]14 studies · 7988 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD)
HR 2.1 [1.84, 2.4]6 studies · 2629 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias

Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm versus small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm in PDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after PDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm
HR 1.22 [1.13, 1.32]5 studies · 6000 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm
HR 1.3 [1.08, 1.56]2 studies · 3402 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias

Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) (< 1 cm) versus NMRD in IDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after primary IDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) (< 1 cm) vs NMRD
HR 2.09 [1.2, 3.6]1 study · 310 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) (< 1 cm) vs NMRD
no estimate extracted1 study · 322 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness

Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm versus no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD) in IDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after primary IDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD)
HR 2.23 [1.49, 3.34]1 study · 343 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Progression‐free survival
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD)
no estimate extractedNRNo studies

Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm versus small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm in IDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after primary IDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm
HR 1.6 [1.21, 2.11]6 studies · 1572 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Large‐volume residual disease (LVRD) > 1 cm vs small‐volume residual disease (SVRD) < 1 cm
HR 1.76 [1.23, 2.52]4 studies · 1145 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency

Residual disease (RD) > 0 cm versus NMRD in IDS studies

Population: women with advanced EOC after primary IDS
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Overall survival: Median length of
Residual disease (RD) > 0 cm vs NMRD
HR 2.11 [1.35, 3.29]4 studies · 906 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness
Progression‐free survival: Median length of
Residual disease (RD) > 0 cm vs NMRD
HR 1.36 [1.05, 1.76]1 study · 471 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness