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1Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
This paper discusses a number of methods for adjusting treatment effect estimates in clinical trials where differential effects in several subpopulations are suspected. In such situations, the estimates from the most extreme subpopulation are often overinterpreted. The paper focusses on the construction of simultaneous confidence intervals intended to provide a more realistic assessment regarding the uncertainty around these extreme results. The methods from simultaneous inference are compared with shrinkage estimates arising from Bayesian hierarchical models by discussing salient features of both approaches in a typical application.
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