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Network Meta-Analysis in Relative Effectiveness Research (in person at ISPOR 2024)
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Study Approaches
LENGTH: 4 Hours
| Course runs 1 day
This short course is offered in-person at the ISPOR 2024 conference. Separate registration is required. Visit the ISPOR 2024 Program page to register and learn more.
Sunday, 5 May 2024 | Course runs 1 Day
1:00pm-5:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST)
DESCRIPTION
Separate registration required.
For several medical questions of interest, many treatment options exist for the same indication. These treatments may have been compared against placebo or against each other in clinical trials. Knowing whether one specific treatment is better than placebo or some other specific comparator is only a fragment of the big picture, which should incorporate all available information. Ideally, one would know how all the treatment options rank against each other and the level of differences in treatment effects between all the available options. Network meta-analysis provides an integrated and unified method that incorporates all direct and indirect comparative evidence about treatments. Based in part on the ISPOR Task Force Reports on Indirect Treatment Comparisons, the fundamentals and concepts of network meta-analysis will be presented. The evaluation of networks presents special challenges and caveats, which will also be highlighted in this course. The material is motivated by instructive and concrete examples. The ISPOR-AMCP-NPC questionnaire for assessing the credibility of a network meta-analysis will also be introduced.
PREREQUISITE: This course requires at least a basic knowledge of meta-analysis and statistics.
Jeroen P. Jansen, PhD
Chief Scientist
PRECISIONheor
Oakland, CA, USA
and
Associate Professor
Clinical Pharmacy, University of California
San Francisco, CA, USA
Sarah Goring, MSc
Independent Consultant
SMG Outcomes Research
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Basic Schedule:
4 Hours | Course runs 1 Day
ISPOR short courses are designed to enhance knowledge and techniques in core health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) topics as well as emerging trends in the field. Short courses offer 4 or 8 hours of premium scientific education and an electronic course book. Active attendee participation combined with our expert faculty creates an immersive and impactful learning experience. Short courses are not recorded and are only available during the live course presentation.
