Empirical shrinkage estimator for consistency assessment of treatment effects in multi-regional clinical trials
Multi‐regional clinical trials have been widely used for efficient global new drug developments. Both a fixed‐effect model and a random‐effect model can be used for trial design and data analysis of a multi‐regional clinical trial. In this paper, we first compare these two models in terms of the req...
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Published in | Statistics in medicine Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 1691 - 1706 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
10.05.2013
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
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Summary: | Multi‐regional clinical trials have been widely used for efficient global new drug developments. Both a fixed‐effect model and a random‐effect model can be used for trial design and data analysis of a multi‐regional clinical trial. In this paper, we first compare these two models in terms of the required sample size, type I error rate control, and the interpretability of trial results. We then apply the empirical shrinkage estimation approach based on the random‐effect model to two criteria of consistency assessment of treatment effects across regions. As demonstrated in our computations, compared with the sample estimator, the shrinkage estimator of the treatment effect of an individual region borrowing information from the other regions is much closer to the estimator of the overall treatment effect, has smaller variability, and therefore provides much higher probability for demonstrating consistency. We use a multinational trial example with time to event endpoint to illustrate the application of the method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Bibliography: | istex:D24A3E857092542D9F70190B88EF4B24920FDC51 ArticleID:SIM5543 ark:/67375/WNG-0F9MZ324-V ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0277-6715 1097-0258 |
DOI: | 10.1002/sim.5543 |