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Area of Science:

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  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Clinical studies often collect disease status at discrete time points, leading to challenges in modeling transitions.
  • Standard continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) models assume unrealistic exponential sojourn times.
  • Semi-Markov models offer flexibility but can lead to intractable likelihoods with reversible transitions in panel data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust and efficient expectation-maximization algorithm for latent CTMC models.
  • To enable flexible, duration-dependent disease state sojourn distributions for panel data.
  • To improve the analysis of disease processes when exact transition times are unknown.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a latent continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) framework where multiple latent states map to observed disease states.
  • Implemented a computationally efficient expectation-maximization algorithm utilizing the complete data state space (observed data + latent trajectory).
  • Evaluated the algorithm's performance against alternatives in terms of convergence time and robustness using simulated data.

Main Results:

  • The proposed expectation-maximization algorithm demonstrates superior performance in convergence time and robustness compared to existing methods.
  • Frequentist performance of latent CTMC estimates for disease process functionals is examined, showing dependency on time, functional, and data-generating scenarios.
  • Latent CTMC models provide valuable interpretive power for describing disease processes, as illustrated with lung transplant patient data.

Conclusions:

  • Latent CTMC models offer a tractable and flexible approach for analyzing disease progression from panel data.
  • The developed expectation-maximization algorithm is efficient and robust, outperforming alternative methods.
  • The study advocates for wider adoption of latent CTMC models in biomedical research for enhanced disease process characterization.