Rationale for Embarking on an IPD Meta-Analysis Project

TY - CHAP

T1 - Rationale for Embarking on an IPD Meta-Analysis Project

AU - Tierney, Jayne F.

AU - Riley, Richard D.

AU - Smith, Catrin Tudur

AU - Clarke, Mike

AU - Stewart, Lesley A.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/4/22

Y1 - 2021/4/22

N2 - This chapter overviews those elements of an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis project that differ from a conventional meta-analysis of aggregate data. It describes the advantages and challenges of the IPD approach. IPD meta-analysis projects follow many of the same principles and research processes as conventional systematic reviews and meta-analyses of aggregate data. As most IPD projects rely on collaboration with the teams responsible for the included trials, negotiating and maintaining relationships with investigators from different countries, settings and disciplines can take considerable time, effort, diplomacy and careful management. There are many empirical comparisons of results produced by IPD meta-analyses with those based on corresponding analyses of published aggregate data. The chapter provides guidance to help researchers decide when the use of IPD is likely to provide more robust conclusions than using available aggregate data alone. A major motivation for meta-analysis is to increase statistical power over a single trial.

AB - This chapter overviews those elements of an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis project that differ from a conventional meta-analysis of aggregate data. It describes the advantages and challenges of the IPD approach. IPD meta-analysis projects follow many of the same principles and research processes as conventional systematic reviews and meta-analyses of aggregate data. As most IPD projects rely on collaboration with the teams responsible for the included trials, negotiating and maintaining relationships with investigators from different countries, settings and disciplines can take considerable time, effort, diplomacy and careful management. There are many empirical comparisons of results produced by IPD meta-analyses with those based on corresponding analyses of published aggregate data. The chapter provides guidance to help researchers decide when the use of IPD is likely to provide more robust conclusions than using available aggregate data alone. A major motivation for meta-analysis is to increase statistical power over a single trial.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152354600&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/9781119333784.ch2

DO - 10.1002/9781119333784.ch2

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85152354600

SN - 9781119333722

SP - 7

EP - 19

BT - Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

PB - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

ER -