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  • Pharmaceutical Research
  • Clinical Trials

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  • Meta-analysis is crucial for drug safety and efficacy assessment.
  • Classical meta-analysis methods struggle with small study numbers and rare events.
  • Existing approaches like study removal or continuity corrections can invalidate results.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel exact inference method for random effects meta-analysis.
  • To address challenges posed by rare events and small sample sizes in meta-analysis.
  • To provide a statistically valid approach for meta-analysis in challenging scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced XRRmeta, an exact inference method for random effects meta-analysis.
  • Designed for two-sample settings with rare events.
  • Validated through extensive numerical simulations.

Main Results:

  • XRRmeta provides valid statistical inference for meta-analysis.
  • The method performs reliably even with between-study heterogeneity.
  • It is effective when event rates, study numbers, or sample sizes are small.
  • Numerical studies show XRRmeta does not lead to overly conservative inference.

Conclusions:

  • XRRmeta offers a robust solution for meta-analysis of rare events.
  • The method enhances the reliability of statistical inference in challenging clinical trial settings.
  • An open-source R package is available for applying the XRRmeta method.