Pattern-mixture model in network meta-analysis of binary missing outcome data: one-stage or two-stage approach?
Loukia Maria SpineliKaterina PapadimitropoulouChrysostomos KalyvasPublished in: BMC medical research methodology (2021)
Due to considerable bias in the log ORs overall, especially for large MOD, none of the competing approaches was superior. Until a more competent model is developed, the researchers may prefer the one-stage approach to handle MOD, while acknowledging its limitations.