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Pharmacological interventions for moderately severe scalp psoriasis
Description
A dataset of 9 trials comparing six pharmacologic interventions with each other and placebo for moderately severe scalp psoriasis. The analysed binary outcome is the investigator's global assessment response at 4 weeks.
Usage
data(nma.bottomley2011)
Format
A data frame with 9 rows of arm-based data and 17 columns (maximum number of 4 arms).
Details
The interventions have been coded as follows: 1, betamethasone dipropionate; 2, betamethasone valerate; 3, calcipotriol; 4, calcipotriol plus polytar; 5, capasal; 6, two-compound formulation gel; and 7, placebo.
Source
Bottomley JM, Taylor RS, Ryttov J. The effectiveness of two-compound formulation calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate gel in the treatment of moderately severe scalp psoriasis: a systematic review of direct and indirect evidence. Curr Med Res Opin 2011;27(1):251–68. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2010.541022