rnmamod

0.5.1

Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis with Missing Participants

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Overview

About

Maintained by Loukia SpineliFirst published 2021-11-296 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A comprehensive suite of functions to perform and visualise pairwise and network meta-analysis with aggregate binary or continuous missing participant outcome data. The package covers core Bayesian one-stage models implemented in a systematic review with multiple interventions, including fixed-effect and random-effects network meta-analysis, meta-regression, and evaluation of the consistency assumption via the node-splitting approach and the unrelated mean effects model (original and revised model proposed by Spineli, (2021) doi:10.1177/0272989X211068005). Missing participant outcome data are addressed in all models of the package (see Spineli, (2019) doi:10.1186/s12874-019-0731-y, Spineli et al., (2019) doi:10.1002/sim.8207, Spineli, (2019) doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.09.002, and Spineli et al., (2021) doi:10.1177/0962280220983544). The robustness to primary analysis results can also be investigated using a novel intuitive index (see Spineli et al., (2021) doi:10.1002/jrsm.1478 and Spineli et al., (2021) doi:10.1186/s12916-021-02195-y). Methods to evaluate the transitivity assumption using trial dissimilarities and hierarchical clustering are provided (see Spineli, (2024) doi:10.1186/s12874-024-02436-7, and Spineli et al., (2025) doi:10.1002/sim.70068). A novel index to facilitate interpretation of local inconsistency is also available (see Spineli, (2024) doi:10.1186/s13643-024-02680-4 and Spineli, (2025) doi:10.1186/s13643-025-02984-z). The package also offers a rich, user-friendly visualisation toolkit that aids in appraising and interpreting the results thoroughly and preparing the manuscript for journal submission. The visualisation tools comprise the network plot, forest plots, panel of diagnostic plots, heatmaps on the extent of missing participant outcome data in the network, league heatmaps on estimation and prediction, rankograms, Bland-Altman plot, leverage plot, deviance scatterplot, heatmap of robustness, barplot of Kullback-Leibler divergence, heatmap of comparison dissimilarities and dendrogram of comparison clustering. The package also allows the user to export the results to an Excel file at the working directory.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("rnmamod", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("LoukiaSpin/rnmamod")

Development version from LoukiaSpin/rnmamod. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-rnmamod

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-rnmamod

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-rnmamod

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 8.0 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.01

7.9%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

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ERROR2026-06-08
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OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 71%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 81%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ loukiaspin/rnmamod

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Dependencies

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19 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 4.0.0

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clustercoda dendextend gemtc ggfittext ggplot2 ggpubr ggrepel heatmaply igraph knitrMASSMatrixR2jags reshape2 scales stringr writexl

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Loukia Spineli

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Chrysostomos Kalyvas

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Katerina Papadimitropoulou

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Package metadata

First published: 2021-11-29
Total releases: 6 / 5 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0.0
Bundled data: 8.1 KB / 10 files
Download size: 1.0 MB
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