Brief Introduction of Indirect Comparison_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

 TIANJin-hui ^1,2 , SONGFu-jian ³ , LILun ¹ , GELong ¹ , ZHAOYe ¹ , WANGJian-cheng ¹ ,  YANGKe-hu ^1,2

1. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Evidence-Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China;
3. University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR47 TJ, UK;

Corresponding author：

YANGKe-hu, Email: kehuyangebm2006@126.com

Keywords：

Indirect comparison; Methodology

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20140062

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Indirect comparison refers to a comparison of different healthcare interventions using data from separate studies, and is often used because of a lack of, or insufficient evidence from head-to-head comparative trials. We aimed to summarize the definition, fundamental theory, type, relevant statistical contents, and to clarify some question on how to use indirect comparison, in order to attract more researchers' attention and promote methodological development of indirect comparison.

Citation： TIANJin-hui, SONGFu-jian, LILun, GELong, ZHAOYe, WANGJian-cheng, YANGKe-hu. Brief Introduction of Indirect Comparison. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(3): 365-368. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140062 Copy

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1. 胡晶, 杨智荣, 詹思延, 等.间接比较和多种干预措施比较的方法学及应用.中国循证儿科杂志, 2011, 06(6):456-459.
2. Bucher HC, Guyatt GH, Griffith LE, et al. The results of direct and indirect treatment comparisons in meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Clin Epidemiol, 1997, 50(6):683-691.
3. Song F, Loke YK, Walsh T, et al. Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions:a survey of published systematic reviews. BMJ, 2009, 338:b1147.
4. Lu G, Ades AE. Combination of direct and indirect evidence in mixed treatment comparisons. Stat Med, 2004, 23(20):3105-3124.
5. Higgins JP, Whitehead A. Borrowing strength from external trials in a meta-analysis. Stat Med, 1996, 15(24):2733-2749.
6. 田金徽.中药注射剂联合化疗治疗非小细胞肺癌的网状Meta分析.兰州大学, 2012.
7. Glenny AM, Altman DG, Song FJ, et al. Indirect comparisons of competing interventions. Health Technol Assess, 2005, 9(26):1-134, iii-iv.
8. Song F, Altman DG, Glenny AM, et al. Validity of indirect comparison for estimating efficacy of competing interventions:empirical evidence from published meta-analyses. BMJ, 2003, 326(7387):472.
9. 杨克虎, 主编.循证医学, 第2版.北京:人民卫生出版社, 2013:138-141.

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