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Living network meta-analysis compared with pairwise meta-analysis in comparative effectiveness research: empirical study
(2018-02-28)
Objective:To examine whether the continuous updating of networks of prospectively planned randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (“living” network meta-analysis) provides strong evidence against the null hypothesis in comparative ...
Barriers and incentives to recruitment in mental health clinical trials
(2019-05)
Research provides valuable information that improves patients’ outcomes and should inform clinical decision-making.1 There are many research methodologies2 and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are at the top of the ...
Investigating causal mechanisms in randomised controlled trials
(2019-08)
Introduction: In some randomised trials, the primary interest is in the mechanisms by which an intervention exerts its effects on health outcomes. That is, clinicians and policy-makers may be interested in how the intervention ...