Methodological characteristics of network meta-analyses on melanoma. Meta-epidemiological study.

• Grant number: 23/05253-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2023
• End date: May 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Rachel Riera
• Grantee: Alex Sandro Moreira Fragoso de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This is a meta-epidemiological study that aims to assess the methodological quality, reporting quality and statistical analysis of online meta-analyses on drug interventions in the treatment of melanoma. Randomized clinical trials with network meta-analyses will be included. The study will be carried out at Escola Paulista de Medicina and will follow the relevant items of PRISMA 2020. Participants with melanoma in any region of the body will be included and only drug interventions will be treated.