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¹Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK. guobing.lu@bristol.ac.uk

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Background:

Modeling between-trial variance heterogeneity in mixed treatment comparison (MTC) meta-analysis is complex due to inherent structural constraints.
Existing methods face challenges in accurately representing variance configurations across studies.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a robust Bayesian hierarchical model for estimating heterogeneity in MTC meta-analysis.
To address the constraints on variances within the MTC structure.
To incorporate prior information on correlations between treatment effects.

Main Methods:

Utilized a consistent Bayesian hierarchical model for mean treatment effects.
Represented variance configuration using triangle inequalities on standard deviations.
Employed the separation strategy to specify prior distributions for standard deviations and correlations.
Used spherical parameterization via Cholesky decomposition for positive-definite prior correlation matrices in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC).

Main Results:

Successfully modeled variance heterogeneity within the MTC framework.
Integrated prior beliefs about correlations between treatment arms.
Demonstrated the procedure's applicability using MCMC and example medical datasets.

Conclusions:

The proposed method effectively handles variance heterogeneity in MTC meta-analysis.
The approach allows for flexible incorporation of prior information on treatment arm correlations.
This framework enhances the reliability of meta-analysis findings in medical research.