A review of literature with possible meta-analysis of available data is often recommended before a randomized clinical trial (RCT) can be proposed. This article goes a step further and suggests using network meta-analysis for planning and designing a RCT. Authors emphasize that a trial design based on updating the evidence from a network meta-analysis of relevant previous trials may require a considerably smaller sample size to reach the same conclusion compared with a trial designed and analyzed in isolation.
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