UMMS Affiliation
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Publication Date
2020-10-13
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Disciplines
Digestive System Diseases | Gastroenterology | Research Methods in Life Sciences | Therapeutics
Abstract
Dear Editor, In their network meta-analyses (NMAs) of treatments for ulcerative colitis (UC), Singh et al1 did not take into account a complication associated with studies that re-randomized patients for the maintenance phase: differential carryover effects from induction can bias the results. In those studies, patients who responded to induction were re-randomized to maintenance treatments that included placebo. If, however, carryover effects from induction differ substantially among active treatments, the effects of those treatments, relative to placebo, are not comparable.
Keywords
Ulcerative Colitis, treatment, network meta-analyses, pharmacotherapies
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DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.cgh.2020.10.016
Source
Naessens D, Cameron C, Hoaglin DC. Network Meta-Analysis of Ulcerative Colitis Pharmacotherapies: Carryover Effects from Induction and Bias of the Results. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Oct 13:S1542-3565(20)31428-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.10.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33065309. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
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PubMed ID
33065309
Repository Citation
Naessens D, Cameron C, Hoaglin DC. (2020). Network Meta-Analysis of Ulcerative Colitis Pharmacotherapies: Carryover Effects from Induction and Bias of the Results. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2020.10.016. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4398
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