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Landan Zhang; Dan Jackson – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
A recent paper proposed an alternative weighting scheme when performing matching-adjusted indirect comparisons. This alternative approach follows the conventional one in matching the covariate means across two studies but differs in that it maximizes the effective sample size when doing so. The appendix of this paper showed, assuming there is one…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Medical Research, Sample Size, Research Methodology
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Jackson, Dan; Rhodes, Kirsty; Ouwens, Mario – Research Synthesis Methods, 2021
Methods for indirect comparisons and network meta-analysis use aggregate level data from multiple studies. A very common, and closely related, scenario is where a company has individual patient data (IPD) from its own trial, but only has published aggregate data from a competitor's trial, and an indirect comparison of the treatments evaluated in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Meta Analysis, Sample Size, Statistical Analysis
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Huiskens, Joost; Kool, Boudewijn R. J.; Bakker, Jean-Michel; Bruns, Emma R. J.; de Jonge, Stijn W.; Olthof, Pim B.; van Rosmalen, Belle V.; van Gulik, Thomas M.; Hooft, Lotty; Punt, Cornelis J. A. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Introduction: Registration of clinical trials has been initiated in order to assess adherence of the reported results to the original trial protocol. This study aimed to investigate the publication rates, timely dissemination of results, and the prevalence of consistency in hypothesis, sample size, and primary endpoint of Dutch…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Databases, Foreign Countries, Medical Research
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Kosch, Robin; Jung, Klaus – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Research synthesis, eg, by meta-analysis, is more and more considered in the area of high-dimensional data from molecular research such as gene and protein expression data, especially because most studies and experiments are performed with very small sample sizes. In contrast to most clinical and epidemiological trials, raw data are often…
Descriptors: Genetics, Meta Analysis, Molecular Structure, Scientific Research
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Harrison, Sean; Jones, Hayley E.; Martin, Richard M.; Lewis, Sarah J.; Higgins, Julian P. T. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2017
Meta-analyses combine the results of multiple studies of a common question. Approaches based on effect size estimates from each study are generally regarded as the most informative. However, these methods can only be used if comparable effect sizes can be computed from each study, and this may not be the case due to variation in how the studies…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Sample Size, Effect Size, Comparative Analysis
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Kulinskaya, Elena; Wood, John – Research Synthesis Methods, 2014
Statistical methods for sequential meta-analysis have applications also for the design of new trials. Existing methods are based on group sequential methods developed for single trials and start with the calculation of a required information size. This works satisfactorily within the framework of fixed effects meta-analysis, but conceptual…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Meta Analysis, Sample Size