From: Meta-analysis and The Cochrane Collaboration: 20 years of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
Year | Event | Description of event |
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1993 | Oxford Colloquium | Statistical Methods Working Group (later SMG) scientific meeting. Discussed the range of statistical methods that The Cochrane Collaboration could use in undertaking meta-analyses and noted a lack of consensus in appropriate methods. |
1996 | Oxford | 1st Ad hoc meeting. Discussed an eclectic set of issues relating to the development of the MetaView software (later developed into RevMan) and various methodological issues. |
1996 | Oxford | 2nd Ad hoc meeting. Convened to discuss issues relevant to the analysis of ordinal data. |
1998 | Oxford | 3rd Ad hoc meeting. Discussed issues related to cluster randomised trials in systematic reviews. |
2001 | Lyon Colloquium | SMG scientific meeting. Discussion on fixed versus random effects meta-analysis and intention-to-treat analysis. Consensus decision made regarding heterogeneity: that a test for heterogeneity should not be used to decide between fixed and random effects models. |
2002 | Oxford Colloquium | SMG scientific meeting: Several methodological issues discussed: cross-over trials, combining studies with different designs and methods for dealing with heterogeneity. |
2004 | Edinburgh | 4th Ad hoc meeting. Discussed issues relating to the quality assessment of trials. |
2006 | Melbourne Colloquium | Special methods session: “Assessing susceptibility to bias of included studies: new recommendations for Cochrane reviews”. First open meeting to introduce and discuss the proposed Risk of Bias tool (as was later named). |
2008 | Freiburg Colloquium | Satellite event to the Freiburg Colloquium: Joint meeting of the SMG and the UK Meta-analysis in Medicine Group. Four sessions on: meta-analysis of continuous data, various topics, addressing risk of bias, and a debate “When should meta-analyses be performed in Cochrane reviews?” |
Special methods session “Some awkward statistical issues in Cochrane reviews”. Two topics “Subsets of studies in meta-analysis” and “Meta-analysis with multiple treatment groups”. | ||
2009 | Singapore Colloquium | Special methods session. Two parts: Part 1 “Exploring new approaches for dealing with bias and heterogeneity” and Part 2 “RevMan and beyond for meta-analysis”. |
Joint scientific meeting of the SMG and the Bias Methods Group. Three presentations on the assessment and impact of outcome reporting bias on systematic reviews, searching for methods studies, and a decision tool for updating Cochrane reviews. | ||
2011 | Madrid Colloquium | SMG scientific meeting. Two topics, multivariate meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis, were presented and discussed. |
2012 | Auckland Colloquium | Methods plenary. Theme of plenary was “Beyond healthcare decisions: systematic reviews as a tool for informing future research and research methodology”. |
2013 | Québec Colloquium | Satellite event to the Québec City Colloquium: “Data, Outcomes, Uncertainty and Graphs: Advances and Limitations in Trials, Meta-Analysis, and Novelties”. Four sessions on: selective reporting, bias, statistical issues, and presentations considering the case for and against inclusion of funding source as a standard item in the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. |