In this blog we will describe an alternative approach to indirect comparison - Simulated Treatment Comparison (STC) and discuss the key aspects to consider when looking to use the... read more →
When comparing trial outcomes using standard network meta-analysis (NMA), the assumption is that populations in different trials do not differ in any characteristics that may impact the treatment effect (see... read more →
In an ideal world, a single randomized controlled trial (RCT) would be used to compare and evaluate the individual treatment effects for all possible treatments of interest. Of course, this... read more →
Introduction In the previous clinical blog, ‘An Introduction to Survival Analysis for Clinical Trials’, I touched on some of the characteristics of survival... read more →
In this post we examine the statistical software available for conducting Bayesian network meta-analyses (NMA). The first two sections provide some background information and a review of the available software... read more →