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SUBMITTER: Debray TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042043 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Research synthesis methods 20150819 4
Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis is an increasingly used approach for synthesizing and investigating treatment effect estimates. Over the past few years, numerous methods for conducting an IPD meta-analysis (IPD-MA) have been proposed, often making different assumptions and modeling choices while addressing a similar research question. We conducted a literature review to provide an overview of methods for performing an IPD-MA using evidence from clinical trials or non-randomized s ...[more]