Pharmacological interventions for moderately severe scalp psoriasis

A dataset of 9 trials comparing six pharmacologic interventions with each other and placebo for moderately severe scalp psoriasis. The analysed binary outcome is the investigator's global assessment response at 4 weeks.

Usage

data(nma.bottomley2011)

Format

A data frame with 9 rows of arm-based data and 17 columns (maximum number of 4 arms).

Source

Bottomley JM, Taylor RS, Ryttov J. The effectiveness of two-compound formulation calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate gel in the treatment of moderately severe scalp psoriasis: a systematic review of direct and indirect evidence. Curr Med Res Opin 2011;27(1):251–68. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2010.541022

Details

The interventions have been coded as follows: 1, betamethasone dipropionate; 2, betamethasone valerate; 3, calcipotriol; 4, calcipotriol plus polytar; 5, capasal; 6, two-compound formulation gel; and 7, placebo.