Efficacy of clozapine compared with other second-generation antipsychotic drugs in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Introduction Guidelines recommend clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. However, meta-analysis of aggregate data (AD) did not demonstrate higher efficacy of clozapine compared with other second-generation antipsychotics but found substantial heterogeneity between trials and variation betw...

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Main Authors: Georgia Salanti, Irene Bighelli, Wulf-Peter Hansen, Stefan Leucht, Johannes Schneider-Thoma, John M Davis, Tasnim Hamza, Spyridon Siafis, Shimeng Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e064504.full