Review of mixed treatment comparisons in published systematic reviews shows marked increase since 2009

The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

2009 • 26,132 citations

The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration

2009 • 15,310 citations

Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement

1999 • 4,736 citations

Systematic reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care

2010 • 2,620 citations

Combination of direct and indirect evidence in mixed treatment comparisons

2004 • 1,970 citations

Checking consistency in mixed treatment comparison meta‐analysis

2010 • 1,891 citations

Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence

2005 • 1,457 citations

Interpreting Indirect Treatment Comparisons and Network Meta-Analysis for Health-Care Decision Making: Report of the ISPOR Task Force on Indirect Treatment Comparisons Good Research Practices: Part 1

2011 • 939 citations

Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews

2007 • 853 citations

Conducting Indirect-Treatment-Comparison and Network-Meta-Analysis Studies: Report of the ISPOR Task Force on Indirect Treatment Comparisons Good Research Practices: Part 2

2011 • 698 citations

Indirect comparisons of competing interventions

2005 • 674 citations

Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement

2000 • 420 citations

Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions: survey of published systematic reviews

2009 • 379 citations

Addressing between‐study heterogeneity and inconsistency in mixed treatment comparisons: Application to stroke prevention treatments in individuals with non‐rheumatic atrial fibrillation

2009 • 221 citations

A Bayesian Method for Synthesizing Evidence: The Confidence Profile Method

1990 • 103 citations

Indirect comparisons of treatments based on systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials

2009 • 75 citations

Mixed treatment comparison of repeated measurements of a continuous endpoint: an example using topical treatments for primary open‐angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension

2011 • 45 citations

Network Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Multiple Sclerosis

2012 • 25 citations

BAYESIAN META-ANALYSIS ON MEDICAL DEVICES: APPLICATION TO IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS

2012 • 5 citations