This approach of meta-analysis offers a set of methods to visualize, compare and interpret the evidence about multiple interventions proposed for a same disease. With network meta-analysis is possible to estimate indirect comparisons that have not investigated, head to head, in single clinical trials. For this reason this approach has gained popularity quickly.

This course aims to give you knowledge on some inconveniences that may affect the goodness of the results and conclusions of this approach.

At the end of this course, you will understand the main issues of this meta-analytic method: the strategies for data integration for multiple comparisons, as well as the advantages and limitations of this method.