Network meta-analysis
‘Arm-based’ parameterization for network meta-analysis
... for network meta-analysis Neil Hawkins, a,† David ...the analysis; the incorporation of multi-arm trials is straightforward and avoids the need to generate a multivariate distribution ...
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Bayesian hierarchical methods for network meta-analysis
... perform analysis over all possible re- duced models ...network meta-analysis. Much ongoing de- bate over the value of network meta-analysis concerns the agreement between ...
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Network meta-analysis: users’ guide for pediatricians
... Fig. 2 The geometry of the mechanical ventilation for premature infants NMA. A/C, assist-control ventilation; VG, volume guarantee ventilation; RM, recruitment maneuver; CMV, continuous mandatory ventilation; HFFIV, ...
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Hypothesis testing in Bayesian network meta-analysis
... Network meta-analysis (NMA), as an extension of the classical pairwise meta-analysis, is gaining acceptance and popularity in medical ...pair-wise meta-analysis is limited ...
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Antiepileptic drug monotherapy for epilepsy: a network meta-analysis
... the analysis, particularly with respect to the censoring of time-to- event ...pairwise meta- analyses using IPD which helps to overcome these problems and is considered to be the ’gold standard’ approach to ...
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Acupuncture therapy for essential hypertension: a network meta analysis
... head-to-head meta- analysis, the results of the direct comparisons and indirect comparisons were taken into account in the network meta- analysis, which can increase the sample size for ...
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Sample size and power considerations in network meta-analysis
... When both direct and indirect evidence is available, it may often be advantageous to combine the two statisti- cally [2,4-7,30,33]. For example, if only two small trials have investigated two active interventions A and B ...
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Treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a network meta-analysis
... the network based on cluster analysis of SUCRA values for the two outcomes (mortality or ...Bayesian network meta-analysis was conducted using the R statistical ...
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Using structural equation modeling for network meta-analysis
... In network meta-analysis, the numbers of studies involved in pairwise comparisons are usually quite different, and the degree of heterogeneity within each pairwise compari- son also ...Therefore, ...
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Network meta-analysis of survival data with fractional polynomials
... With a (network) meta-analysis the value of randomi- zation only holds within a trial, and not across trials [3,12,13]. In other words, patients are randomly assigned to treatments within a trial, ...
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Bivariate network meta-analysis for surrogate endpoint evaluation
... Bivariate meta-analysis methods can be used to evaluate surrogate endpoints and to predict the treatment effect on the final outcome from the treatment effect measured on a surrogate ...bivariate ...
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Is network meta-analysis as valid as standard pairwise meta-analysis? It all depends on the distribution of effect modifiers
... a network meta-analysis are presented with pooled results for each of the three biologics relative to ...This network meta-analysis is presented in Figure ...a network of ...
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Meta-regression models to address heterogeneity and inconsistency in network meta-analysis of survival outcomes
... these network meta-analysis models, differences in treatment effect modifiers across studies can (in principle) cause heterogeneity and inconsistency in terms of both the scale and ...the ...
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Labour induction with prostaglandins: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
... This network meta-analysis showed that misoprostol is likely to be superior to dinoprostone (prostaglandin E 2 ) for labour induction. On balance, if treatment rankings for vaginal delivery within 24 ...
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Interventions for the management of malignant pleural effusions:a network meta analysis
... the network meta-analysis, the use of thoracoscopy to remove the fluid and blow talc into the pleural cavity (talc poudrage) appeared to be more effective in preventing fluid build up than a number ...
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Induction treatments for acute promyelocytic leukemia: a network meta-analysis
... RESULTS Study selection, characteristics and assessment As presented in Figure 1, a total of 187 records were initially identified as eligible. 158 irrelevant studies were sorted out as they were non-clinical-trial ...
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The evaluation of immunotherapy and chemotherapy treatment on melanoma: a network meta-analysis
... Our network meta-analysis combined both direct and indirect evidence into a single comparison to facilitate comparisons between interventions without a ...
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Multicriteria benefit–risk assessment using network meta-analysis
... as network meta-analysis) syn- thesizes all the available evidence through application of a Bayesian evidence network ...BR analysis of a number of alternative treatments taking into ...
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Therapies for bruxism: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (protocol)
... pairwise meta-analyses (with a 95% confidence interval). A Bayesian network meta-analysis will explore the relative benefits between the various ...incorporating Network ...
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Systematic review and network meta-analysis of interventions for fibromyalgia: a protocol
... a network meta-analysis of all RCTs evaluating therapies for fibromyalgia to determine which therapies show evidence of effectiveness, and the relative effectiveness of these ...conduct ...
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