Handling related publications reporting real-world evidence in network meta-analysis: a case study in multiple sclerosis

• Main Authors: Marissa Betts (Author), Kyle Fahrbach (Author), Binod Neupane (Author), Mahmoud Slim (Author), Maria Pia Sormani (Author), Gary Cutter (Author), Thomas PA Debray (Author), Marvin Rock (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Becaris Publishing Limited, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The presence of two or more publications that report on overlapping patient cohorts poses a challenge for quantitatively synthesizing real-world evidence (RWE) studies. Thus, we evaluated eight approaches for handling such related publications in network meta-analyses (NMA) of RWE studies. Meth...