Meta-analyses involving cross-over trials: methodological issues
Author(s) -
Diana R Elbourne,
Douglas G. Altman,
Julian P. T. Higgins,
François Curtin,
Helen V Worthington,
Andy Vail
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/31.1.140
Subject(s) - meta analysis , randomized controlled trial , context (archaeology) , clinical trial , medicine , cochrane library , medline , medical physics , systematic review , cross over , surgery , pathology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is usually based on trials where patients are randomized individually into two different, parallel, treatment groups. This paper concentrates on RCTs of a different design-two-period, two-treatment cross-over trials.
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