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Antiparkinsonian interventions for later Parkinson's disease
Description
A dataset of 29 trials comparing three antiparkinsonian interventions with placebo (a star-shaped network) in patients with later Parkinson's disease. The analysed continuous outcome is the change from baseline of patient off-time reduction.
Usage
data(nma.stowe2011)
Format
A data frame with 29 rows of arm-based data and 11 columns (maximum number of 2 arms).
Details
The interventions have been coded as follows: 1, placebo plus levodopa (PBO+LD); 2, dopamine agonist plus levodopa (DA+LD); 3, catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitors plus levodopa (COMBI+LD); and 4, monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors plus levodopa (MAOBI+LD).
Source
Stowe R, Ives N, Clarke CE, et al. Meta-analysis of the comparative efficacy and safety of adjuvant treatment to levodopa in later Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2011;26(4):587–98. doi: 10.1002/mds.23517