The lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are inherently unreliable

Affiliations

¹ St George's, University of London, London, UK.
² School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Cipher Skin, Denver, CO, USA.
⁴ Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
⁵ University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia. k.sheldrick@unsw.edu.au.

Jack M Lawrence et al. Nat Med. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;27(11):1853-1854.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01535-y.

¹ St George's, University of London, London, UK.
² School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Cipher Skin, Denver, CO, USA.
⁴ Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
⁵ University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia. k.sheldrick@unsw.edu.au.

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Meta-analyses based on summary data can provide timely, thorough and reliable evidence: don't dismiss them yet.
Godolphin PJ, Rogozińska E, Fisher DJ, Vale CL, Tierney JF. Godolphin PJ, et al. Nat Med. 2022 Mar;28(3):429-430. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01675-1. Nat Med. 2022. PMID: 35145306 No abstract available.

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