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Cochrane Collaboration In 1994 when IPD reviews were relatively rare and there was little published guidance on how they should be done, a workshop (supported by the UK Cochrane Centre) was convened. This was attended by representatives of most of the groups, who had experience of planning or conducting IPD reviews. The aims were to discuss practical aspects of these projects and to identify areas of agreement and disagreement on the methodology. This meeting subsequently led to the formation, and registration of the Methods Group in 1995 and a full report was published that year (Stewart and Clarke 1995). The use of IPD has increased since then and extended into many areas of health care, each with its own practical and methodological challenges. To explore these issues two further advanced methodological workshops were held. The first took place in Cambridge (1999) and addressed two specific topics: combining IPD and aggregate data in meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes and the use of competing risk analyses in the meta-analysis setting. The second, at the 8th Cochrane Colloquium in South Africa (2000), aimed to explore the different reasons people had for needing to use IPD and to share problems and experiences.Since its formation, the Group has regularly held workshops at the annual UK Cochrane Contributors Meetings and Cochrane Colloquia, which offer further guidance on various aspects of IPD reviews. The IPD Meta-analysis Methods Group bases its activities around the six core functions outlined by The Cochrane Collaboration. These are:
Co-convenors Coordinator Altman, Doug Askie, Lisa Bijnens, Luc Brillant, Corinne Broekhuijsen, Kim Broeze, Kimiko Bryant, Andy Bucher, Heiner Burdett, Sarah Buyse, Marc Chaoneng, Wu Clarke, Mike Cools, Filip Daniels, Jane Daya, Salim Donegan, Sarah Duval, Sue Dwan, Kerry Dyrvig, Anne-Kirstine Evans, Vaughan Felson, David Fisher, David Gamble, Carrol Garner, Paul Gray, Richard Gueyffier, François Heirs, Morag Higgins, Julian Iorio, Alfonso Jones, Ashley Keen, Kevin Kirkham, Jamie Langhorne, Peter Le Maitre, Aurélie Legg, Lynn Lei, Wei Liberati, Alessandro MacKinnon, Liz Marson, Anthony McCormack, Kirsty Michiels, Stefan Mol, Ben Willem Musculoskeletal Group, Nasser, Mona Nyström, Lennarth Oakey, Helena Offringa, Martin O'Meara, Susan Origasa, Hideki Oxman, Andrew Parmar, Max Piedbois, Pascal Pignon, Jean-Pierre Richards, Sue Riley, Richard Rovers, Maroeska Rydzewska, Larysa Scott, Neil Smidt, Nynke Specht, Lena Stewart, Gavin Stewart, Lesley Sun, Xin Sylvester, Richard Thornton, Charlene Tierney, Jayne Torri, Valter Trivella, Marialena Tudur-Smith, Catrin Vale, Claire Van Tinteren, Harm Welge, Jeff Wheatley, Keith Williams, Chris Williamson, Paula Yang, Huiqin Zintzaras, Elias Anyone conducting or interested in IPD meta-analyses or associated methodological research is welcome to join the group. To do so please contact us. |
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