title: Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials: Guidance on Their Use.
abstract: Jayne Tierney and colleagues offer guidance on how to spot a well-designed and well-conducted individual participant data meta-analysis.
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jayne F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tierney
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vale
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.affiliation: MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Catrin Tudur
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maroeska
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rovers
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D012196:Review Literature as Topic