Review Article

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Table 3

Quality of evidence in included reviews with GRADE.

Author (Y)Intervention (treatment group vs control group)Outcomes (n)Risk of biasInconsistencyIndirectnessImprecisionPublication biasQuality of evidence

Hoffman (2021) [36]SCT (allo-SCT, auto-SCT, undefined type of SCT) vs chemotherapyCR2 (12)0−1000M
OS (12)0−1000M
Li (2019) [27]Auto-SCT vs allo-SCTRFS (10)0−1000M
OS (10)0−1000M
RR (7)00000H
TRM (4)00000H
Rashidi (2016) [28]Allo-SCT vs further chemotherapy or no treatmentRFS (10)000−10M
OS (12)000−10M
Ma (2015) [25]Allo-SCT/auto-SCT vs chemotherapy; allo-SCT vs auto-SCTOS (9)−1−1000L
RR (4)−10000M
DFS (5)−1−1000L
Li (2015) [26]Allo-SCT vs auto-SCT or (and) chemotherapyRFS (6)−1−1000L
RR (8)−10000M
TRM (4)−10000M
OS (4)−1−1000L
Jing (2010) [29]Auto-SCT vs further chemotherapy or no treatmentOS (11)−1−1000L
RR (11)−1−1000L
DFS (13)−1−1000L
TRM (11)−1−1000L
Survival from relapse (3)−10000M
Krauter (2009) [30]Allo-SCT vs auto-SCT or (and) chemotherapyOS00000H
RFS00000H
Koreth (2009) [31]Allo-SCT vs auto-SCT or (and) chemotherapyOS (15)−1−1000L
RFS (18)−1−1000L
Schaich (2007) [32]High-dose cytarabine + allo-SCT/auto-SCT vs high-dose cytarabineOS00000H
RFS00000H
Nathan (2004) [33]ABMT vs nonmyeloablative chemotherapy or no further treatmentOS (5)−1−100−1L
TRM (6)−1000−1L
DFS (6)−1000−1L
Levi (2004) [34]ABMT vs chemotherapyDeath rate (6)0−100−1L
Death or relapse rate(6)0000−1M
Bleakley (2002) [35]ABMT vs BMT (MSD)/ABMT vs nonmyeloablative chemotherapyRR (3)0000−1M
Death rate (3)0000−1M
Death or relapse rate (4)0000−1M
TRM (3)0−100−1L

−1:serious(downgrade by one level); −2: extremely serious (downgrade by two levels); 0: not serious; H: high; M: moderate; L: low; CL: critically low CR2, second complete remission; OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; EFS, event-free survival; RFS, relapse-free survival; TRM, treatment-related mortality; RR, relapse rate.