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endometrial cancer, pembrolizumab plus SoC versus chemotherapy, meta-analysis of study results

Outcome Relative effect 95%CI LoD Trt. better when I2 k (RCT/OBS) Bayesian probability Overall ROB Publication bias Degree of certainty Endpoint importance Published MA

efficacy endpoints 00

progression or deaths (PFS) 0.42 [0.23, 0.74]< 178%2 studies (2/-)99.9 %lownot evaluable highimportant-

safety endpoints 00

AE (any grade) 0.96 [0.50, 1.84]< 10%2 studies (2/-)55.0 %lownot evaluable highnon important-
AE (grade 3-5) 1.59 [1.20, 2.12]< 10%2 studies (2/-)0.1 %lownot evaluable highnon important-
AE leading to death (grade 5) 0.97 [0.08, 12.21]< 168%2 studies (2/-)51.1 %lownot evaluable highnon important-

LoD: level of statistical demonstration: Statistically conclusive: statistically significant with a strict control of overall risk of type 1 error (statistically demonstrated), does not take into account the risk of bias; suggested: nominally statistically significant but without a strict control of overall risk of type 1 error; inconclusive: not nominally statistically significant; safety concerns;
Bayesian probability: Bayesian posterior probability of treatment effect (computed with a noninformative prior); ROB: risk of bias; k: number of studies; published MA: number of published meta-analysis on the same topic; degree of certainty adapted from GRADE. Trt. better when: indicates when the relative treatment effect shows that the studied treatment is better than control.