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# multinma: Network Meta-Analysis of individual and aggregate data in Stan <img src='man/figures/logo.svg' style="float:right" height="139" />

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The `multinma` package implements network meta-analysis, network
meta-regression, and multilevel network meta-regression models which
combine evidence from a network of studies and treatments using either
aggregate data or individual patient data from each study (Phillippo et
al. 2020; Phillippo 2019). Models are estimated in a Bayesian framework
using Stan (Carpenter et al. 2017).

## Installation

You can install the released version of `multinma` from
[CRAN](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=multinma) with:

``` r
install.packages("multinma")
```

The development version can be installed from
[R-universe](https://dmphillippo.r-universe.dev) with:

``` r
install.packages("multinma", repos = c("https://dmphillippo.r-universe.dev", getOption("repos")))
```

or from source on [GitHub](https://github.com/dmphillippo/multinma)
with:

``` r
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("dmphillippo/multinma")
```

Installing from source requires that the `rstan` package is installed
and configured. See the installation guide
[here](https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/RStan-Getting-Started).

## Getting started

A good place to start is with the package vignettes which walk through
example analyses, see `vignette("vignette_overview")` for an overview.
The series of NICE Technical Support Documents on evidence synthesis
gives a detailed introduction to network meta-analysis:

> Dias, S. et al. (2011). “NICE DSU Technical Support Documents 1-7:
> Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making.” *National Institute for
> Health and Care Excellence.* Available from
> <https://sheffield.ac.uk/nice-dsu/tsds>.

Multilevel network meta-regression is set out in the following methods
papers:

> Phillippo, D. M. et al. (2020). “Multilevel Network Meta-Regression
> for population-adjusted treatment comparisons.” *Journal of the Royal
> Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)*,
> 183(3):1189-1210. doi:
> [10.1111/rssa.12579](https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12579).

> Phillippo, D. M. et al. (2025). “Multilevel network meta-regression
> for general likelihoods: synthesis of individual and aggregate data
> with applications to survival analysis”. *Journal of the Royal
> Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)*, qnaf169. doi:
> [10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf169](https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf169).

## Citing multinma

The `multinma` package can be cited as follows:

> Phillippo, D. M. (2026). *multinma: Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of
> Individual and Aggregate Data*. R package version 0.9.1, doi:
> [10.5281/zenodo.3904454](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3904454).

When fitting ML-NMR models, please cite the methods paper:

> Phillippo, D. M. et al. (2020). “Multilevel Network Meta-Regression
> for population-adjusted treatment comparisons.” *Journal of the Royal
> Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)*,
> 183(3):1189-1210. doi:
> [10.1111/rssa.12579](https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12579).

For ML-NMR models with time-to-event outcomes, please cite:

> Phillippo, D. M. et al. (2025). “Multilevel network meta-regression
> for general likelihoods: synthesis of individual and aggregate data
> with applications to survival analysis”. *Journal of the Royal
> Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)*, qnaf169. doi:
> [10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf169](https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf169).

## References

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<div id="ref-Carpenter2017" class="csl-entry">

Carpenter, B., A. Gelman, M. D. Hoffman, D. Lee, B. Goodrich, M.
Betancourt, M. Brubaker, J. Guo, P. Li, and A. Riddell. 2017. “Stan: A
Probabilistic Programming Language.” *Journal of Statistical Software*
76 (1). <https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v076.i01>.

</div>

<div id="ref-Phillippo_thesis" class="csl-entry">

Phillippo, D. M. 2019. “Calibration of Treatment Effects in Network
Meta-Analysis Using Individual Patient Data.” PhD thesis, University of
Bristol.

</div>

<div id="ref-methods_paper" class="csl-entry">

Phillippo, D. M., S. Dias, A. E. Ades, M. Belger, A. Brnabic, A.
Schacht, D. Saure, Z. Kadziola, and N. J. Welton. 2020. “Multilevel
Network Meta-Regression for Population-Adjusted Treatment Comparisons.”
*Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in
Society)* 183 (3): 1189–1210. <https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12579>.

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