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Read data.

D <- readSheet("Strokeembolism")

Tidy up the data (do not show the code).

study treatment responders sampleSize
ARISTOTLE Apixaban_5_mg 212 9120
ARISTOTLE Warfarin 265 9081
ARISTOTLE-J Apixaban_5_mg 0 74
ARISTOTLE-J Warfarin 3 74
ENGAGE AF-TIMI Edoxaban_30_mg 253 7002
ENGAGE AF-TIMI Edoxaban_60_mg 182 7012
ENGAGE AF-TIMI Warfarin 232 7012
J-ROCKET Rivaroxaban_15_mg 11 637
J-ROCKET Warfarin 22 637
Mao, 2014 Rivaroxaban_20_mg 5 177
Mao, 2014 Warfarin 7 176
PETRO Dabigatran_150_mg 0 166
PETRO Warfarin 0 70
RE-LY Dabigatran_110_mg 182 6015
RE-LY Dabigatran_150_mg 134 6076
RE-LY Warfarin 199 6022
ROCKET-AF Rivaroxaban_20_mg 269 7081
ROCKET-AF Warfarin 306 7090
Yamashita, 2012 Edoxaban_30_mg 0 131
Yamashita, 2012 Edoxaban_60_mg 0 131
Yamashita, 2012 Warfarin 0 129

Run the model using fixed-effects.

M <- mtc.model(network, type="consistency", linearModel=effect)
plot(M)

results <- mtc.run(M, n.adapt=nAdapt, n.iter=nIter, thin=thin)

Summary

Direct and indirect odds ratios and 95% confidence bounds are stored in mtcStrokeOddsRatios.csv.

or <- combineResults()
write.csv(or, file="mtcStrokeOddsRatios.csv", row.names=FALSE)
print(xtable(or), type="html", include.rownames=FALSE)
treatment Apixaban 5 mg Dabigatran 110 mg Dabigatran 150 mg Edoxaban 30 mg Edoxaban 60 mg Rivaroxaban 15 mg Rivaroxaban 20 mg Warfarin
Apixaban 5 mg vs 0.86 (0.65, 1.13) 1.19 (0.88, 1.60) 0.71 (0.55, 0.92) 1.00 (0.76, 1.33) 1.61 (0.77, 3.58) 0.90 (0.70, 1.15) 0.78 (0.65, 0.94)
Dabigatran 110 mg vs 1.16 (0.88, 1.54) 1.38 (1.10, 1.74) 0.83 (0.63, 1.10) 1.17 (0.88, 1.56) 1.88 (0.90, 4.15) 1.04 (0.80, 1.36) 0.91 (0.74, 1.12)
Dabigatran 150 mg vs 0.84 (0.63, 1.13) 0.72 (0.57, 0.91) 0.60 (0.45, 0.80) 0.85 (0.63, 1.15) 1.36 (0.64, 3.04) 0.76 (0.57, 1.00) 0.66 (0.53, 0.82)
Edoxaban 30 mg vs 1.40 (1.08, 1.82) 1.20 (0.91, 1.58) 1.66 (1.25, 2.22) 1.41 (1.16, 1.71) 2.26 (1.07, 4.97) 1.26 (0.98, 1.61) 1.10 (0.91, 1.31)
Edoxaban 60 mg vs 1.00 (0.75, 1.31) 0.85 (0.64, 1.14) 1.18 (0.87, 1.60) 0.71 (0.58, 0.87) 1.60 (0.77, 3.55) 0.89 (0.69, 1.16) 0.78 (0.64, 0.95)
Rivaroxaban 15 mg vs 0.62 (0.28, 1.30) 0.53 (0.24, 1.11) 0.74 (0.33, 1.55) 0.44 (0.20, 0.94) 0.62 (0.28, 1.30) 0.56 (0.26, 1.18) 0.49 (0.22, 1.00)
Rivaroxaban 20 mg vs 1.11 (0.87, 1.43) 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) 1.32 (1.00, 1.75) 0.80 (0.62, 1.02) 1.12 (0.86, 1.46) 1.80 (0.85, 3.92) 0.87 (0.74, 1.03)
Warfarin vs 1.28 (1.06, 1.54) 1.10 (0.90, 1.34) 1.51 (1.22, 1.89) 0.91 (0.76, 1.09) 1.28 (1.05, 1.56) 2.06 (1.00, 4.45) 1.15 (0.97, 1.35)

Forest plots, NOAC vs NOAC

noac <- unique(D[treatment != "Warfarin", treatment])
for (i in 1:length(noac)) {
  forest(relative.effect(results, noac[i], noac[1:length(noac) != i]))
}

Diagnostics

summary(results)
## $measure
## [1] "Log Odds Ratio"
## 
## $summaries
## 
## Iterations = 5010:30000
## Thinning interval = 10 
## Number of chains = 4 
## Sample size per chain = 2500 
## 
## 1. Empirical mean and standard deviation for each variable,
##    plus standard error of the mean:
## 
##                                  Mean      SD  Naive SE Time-series SE
## d.Warfarin.Apixaban_5_mg     -0.24547 0.09417 0.0009417      0.0009817
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_110_mg -0.09258 0.10454 0.0010454      0.0011432
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_150_mg -0.41634 0.11376 0.0011376      0.0011835
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_30_mg     0.09173 0.09328 0.0009328      0.0009772
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_60_mg    -0.25058 0.10196 0.0010196      0.0010359
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_15_mg -0.72846 0.38203 0.0038203      0.0041821
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_20_mg -0.13774 0.08547 0.0008547      0.0008783
## 
## 2. Quantiles for each variable:
## 
##                                  2.5%      25%      50%      75%     97.5%
## d.Warfarin.Apixaban_5_mg     -0.42966 -0.30892 -0.24596 -0.18199 -0.062607
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_110_mg -0.29596 -0.16390 -0.09343 -0.02158  0.109568
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_150_mg -0.63882 -0.49445 -0.41475 -0.33817 -0.198707
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_30_mg    -0.08906  0.02882  0.09128  0.15515  0.272006
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_60_mg    -0.44744 -0.31889 -0.25071 -0.18252 -0.053125
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_15_mg -1.49310 -0.98088 -0.72102 -0.46652 -0.002756
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_20_mg -0.30240 -0.19526 -0.13817 -0.07970  0.029872
## 
## 
## $DIC
##     Dbar       pD      DIC 
## 18.03696 14.22995 32.26691 
## 
## attr(,"class")
## [1] "summary.mtc.result"

Sampler diagnostics.

gelman.plot(results)

gelman.diag(results)
## Potential scale reduction factors:
## 
##                              Point est. Upper C.I.
## d.Warfarin.Apixaban_5_mg              1          1
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_110_mg          1          1
## d.Warfarin.Dabigatran_150_mg          1          1
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_30_mg             1          1
## d.Warfarin.Edoxaban_60_mg             1          1
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_15_mg          1          1
## d.Warfarin.Rivaroxaban_20_mg          1          1
## 
## Multivariate psrf
## 
## 1
plot(results)

autocorr.plot(results$samples)

Assess the degree of heterogeneity and inconsistency.

anohe <- mtc.anohe(network, n.adapt=nAdapt, n.iter=nIter, thin=thin)
summary(anohe)
## Analysis of heterogeneity
## =========================
## 
## Per-comparison I-squared:
## -------------------------
## 
##                  t1                t2  i2.pair  i2.cons incons.p
## 1     Apixaban_5_mg          Warfarin 99.00698 92.40081       NA
## 2 Dabigatran_110_mg Dabigatran_150_mg       NA       NA       NA
## 3 Dabigatran_110_mg          Warfarin       NA       NA       NA
## 4 Dabigatran_150_mg          Warfarin  0.00000  0.00000       NA
## 5    Edoxaban_30_mg    Edoxaban_60_mg  0.00000  0.00000       NA
## 6    Edoxaban_30_mg          Warfarin  0.00000  0.00000       NA
## 7    Edoxaban_60_mg          Warfarin  0.00000  0.00000       NA
## 8 Rivaroxaban_15_mg          Warfarin       NA       NA       NA
## 9 Rivaroxaban_20_mg          Warfarin  0.00000  0.00000       NA
## 
## Global I-squared:
## -------------------------
## 
##   i2.pair   i2.cons
## 1 86.2879 0.9251037
plot(anohe)
## Analysis of heterogeneity -- convergence plots
## Unrelated Study Effects (USE) model:

## Unrelated Mean Effects (UME) model:

## Consistency model: