| Roles and responsibilities | |
| Task | Who will undertake this task? |
| Protocol stage: draft the protocol | AS, MEM |
| Review stage: select which trials to include (2 + 1) | AS, MEM, VS |
| Review stage: extract data from trials (2 + 1) | AS, MEM, UR |
| Review stage: enter data into RevMan | AS |
| Review stage: carry out the analysis | AS, MEM |
| Review stage: interpret the analysis | AS, MEM, UR |
| Review stage: draft the final review | AS, UR |
| Update stage: update the review | AS, MEM, VS, UR |