I am planning to conduct a network meta-analysis - encompassing at least 10 different medications - to compare their superiority in improving a health-related outcome.

Let's suppose the medications are W, X, Y, and Z.

Paper 1 reports outcome A for Drug W

Paper 2 reports outcome A for Drug X

Paper 3 reports outcome A for Drug Y

Paper 4 reports outcome A for Drug Z

No available papers directly compare outcomes among any of the medications.

Is it possible to conduct a network meta-analysis in this case? What are the preliminary requisites to conduct a network meta-analysis?

Thank you.

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