Network Meta-analysis Using Data from Published Trials and Data from the Food and Drug Administration Medical Reviews: a Case Example of First Line Medications for Open Angle Glaucoma
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ed data, and assessed the risk of bias. Using the FDA trials and the published trials, we performed pair-wise meta-analyses and Bayesian network meta-analyses on intraocular pressure at 3 months, our pre-specified primary outcome. We compared the results from these analyses.
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