**Meta-analysis title**
Comparative effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids for paediatric asthma: protocol for a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis
**Update**
This meta-analysis is not an update.
**Registration**
- [UMIN (000016724)][1]
- [PROSPERO (CRD42015025889)][2]
**Contributors**
- Masato Takeuchi, Department of Pediatrics, Kikkoman General Hospital, Noda, Chiba, Japan
- Hirotsugu Kano, Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine University Hospital-Mizonokuchi, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kenzo Takahashi, Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsutomu Iwata, Faculty of Child Studies, Department of Education for Childcare, Tokyo Kasei University, Sayama, Saitama, Japan
**Contact**
Dr. Masato Takeuchi, masatotakeuchi@gmail.com
**Contributions**
All the authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study.
**Amendments**
Important study design amendments will be documented in this wiki. A previous version of the protocol can be found [here][3]. The peer review history can be found [here][4].
**Sponsor**
This study is funded by the Japanese Society of Paediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
**Role of sponsor or funder**
The funding source has no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, interpretation of results or preparation and submission of the manuscript.
[1]: https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr/ctr.cgi?function=brows&action=brows&recptno=R000019411&type=summary&language=E "UNMIN registration"
[2]: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42015025889 "PROSPERO registration"
[3]: https://osf.io/txk92/ "Previous version of protocol"
[4]: https://osf.io/7u4ap/ "Peer review history"
