7. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy versus radiotherapy: hazard ratios in included trials.
Outcome | Study | Comparison | ln(HR) | SE[ln(HR)] | HR (95% CI) | Notes |
Death | ||||||
Peters 2000 | radiotherapy vs. radiotherapy+chemotherapy | 0.67 | NR | 1.96 | Cox HR, reported in paper | |
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.57 | 0.27 | 0.57 (0.33 to 0.96)* | Estimated from Kaplan‐Meier plots | ||
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.71 | 0.26 | 0.49 (0.43 to 0.56) | Estimated from Cox P value and total number of deaths | ||
Protocol CE3005 | radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.60 | 0.25 | 0.55 (0.25 to 1.20)* | Unadjusted HR from Cox regression | |
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.53 | 0.27 | 0.59 (0.27 to 1.32) | HR from Cox regression, adjusted for age. | ||
Disease progression | Peters 2000 | radiotherapy vs. radiotherapy+chemotherapy | 0.70 | NR | 2.01 | Cox HR, reported in paper |
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.74 | 0.29 | 0.48 (0.27 to 0.84) | Estimated from Kaplan‐Meier plots* | ||
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.74 | 0.25 | Estimated from Cox P value and total number of deaths | |||
Protocol CE3005 | radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.78 | 0.20 | 0.46 (0.21 to 0.99)* | Unadjusted HR from Cox regression | |
radiotherapy+chemotherapy vs. radiotherapy | ‐0.76 | 0.21 | 0.47 (0.21 to 1.03) | HR from Cox regression, adjusted for age. |
* = used in primary meta‐analysis; NR = Not reported