Comparison 14. Two weeks of FLU versus two weeks of 5FC + FLU.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Mortality	2		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
1.1 2 weeks	2	98	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	3.04 [1.31, 7.06]
1.2 10 weeks	2	98	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.46 [0.96, 2.23]
2 Early fungicidal activity	1	37	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.17 [0.08, 0.26]
3 DAIDS grade 3/4 toxicities	1		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
3.1 Anaemia	1	40	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.11 [0.07, 16.47]
3.2 Renal dysfunction	1	40	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	2.21 [0.22, 22.47]
3.3 Neutropenia	1	40	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.22 [0.03, 1.73]
3.4 ALT abnormality	1	40	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]