"Recent Advances in Meta-Analysis"
Symposium
On 28th and 29th of August 2024 a symposium on current statistical methods for meta-analyses was held in Göttingen, initiated by Tim Friede, Christian Röver (Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen) and Markus Pauly (Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University).
The programme included presentations of many renowned researchers in the field of meta-analysis.
The symposium is part of the joint research project "Valid methods for meta-analyses with few studies and small sample sizes" of Tim Friede and Markus Pauly funded by the German Research Foundation.
Programme and Download of Presentations
Wednesday, August 28th 2024 (1.30pm - 6.30pm)
- 1:30pm - Welcome
Tim Friede (UMG Göttingen)
Markus Pauly (TU Dortmund University)
Julian P. T. Higgins (University of Bristol, UK, for the MiM group) - 1:40pm - Methods in meta-analysis I
Katja Ickstadt (TU Dortmund University): "Bayesian model finding: hierarchical modelling and meta analysis" [PDF]
Wolfgang Viechtbauer (Maastricht University, NL): "Model selection in meta-analysis" [PDF] - 3:10pm - Coffee break
- 3:40pm - Methods in meta-analysis II
David Glynn (University of York): "Methods of multi-indication evidence synthesis for health technology assessment: a simulation study" [PDF]
Aristidis K. Nikoloulopoulos (University of East Anglia): "Vine copula mixed models for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies without a gold standard"
Christian Röver (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen): "Bivariate meta-analysis with insufficient reporting of the correlation between outcomes on the study level" [PDF] - 5:10pm - Poster session with wine and appetizers
- 6:30pm - End of symposium day one
- 7:00pm - Joint dinner at the "Bistro DT" restaurant
Self-pay, only if registred by the beginning of August
Thursday, August 29th 2024 (9:00am - 1.30pm)
- 9:00am - "Comparison of meta-analysis methods for synthesizing heterogeneous studies" [PDF]
Anna Chaimani (INSERM, Paris) - 9:30am - "IQWiG's methodological approach to subgroup analyses in benefit assessments" [PDF]
Ulrich Grouven (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Köln) - 10:00am - "Subgroup comparisons within and across studies in meta-analysis" [PDF]
Renato Panaro (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen) - 10:30am - Coffee break
- 11:00am - "Misunderstandings and misuses of commonly-cited methods in meta-analysis" [PDF]
Julian P. T. Higgins (University of Bristol, UK) - 11:30am - "Using Bayesian methods to analyze data from N-of-1 trials" [PDF]
Chris Schmid (Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA) - 12:00pm - "Beta-binomial models that respect randomization for meta-analysis of the odds ratio in case of very few events" [PDF]
Tim Mathes (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen) - 12:30pm - "Improved forest plots" [PDF]
David Rindskopf (City University of New York, New York, NY, USA) - 1:00pm - Discussion
- 1:30pm - Farewell
Download of poster presentations
- A re-analysis of about 60,000 sparse data meta-analyses suggests that using an adequate method for pooling matters [PDF]
Maxi Schulz (UMG, Göttingen, Germany) - Bayesian model selection in meta-analysis [PDF]
Bohua Chen (UMG, Göttingen, Germany) - Empirical heterogeneity information on subgroup meta analysis [PDF]
Renato Panaro (UMG, Göttingen, Germany) - The Metapsy Initiative: Features and Technical Infrastructure of a “Meta-Analytic Research Domain” for Psychological Treatments [PDF]
Mathias Harrer (TU München, Munich, Germany) - Identification of the risk of overlap in meta-analyses [PDF]
Zhentian Zhang (UMG, Göttingen, Germany) - Increasing flexibility for the meta-analysis of full ROC curves – a copula approach [PDF]
Ferdinand V. Stoye (Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany) - Likelihood-Based Inference in Control Risk Regression with Study-Specific Covariates [PDF]
Thien Phuc Tran (UMG, Göttingen, Germany) - Meta-analyses with subgroups of patients: From subgroup-first to trial-first and stopping in between [PDF]
Frank Weber (IQWiG, Cologne, Germany)
Impressions from the Symposium
