All Eligible Trials in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | SMLE Q#1632
SMLE Question #1632
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Last updated: February 2026
Multiple small clinical trials have evaluated a new antihypertensive drug, but each trial is underpowered to detect a mortality difference. A researcher plans a systematic search for all eligible trials, applies predefined inclusion criteria, extracts outcome data, and statistically pools the results to obtain a more precise estimate of treatment effect. Which type of study design is she using?
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