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  • Medical Statistics

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  • Inactivity time, a measure of lost lifespan, is a novel summary statistic for time-to-event data.
  • Traditional methods for time-to-event data are sensitive to censoring, limiting their utility.
  • A systematic modeling approach for inactivity time quantiles is currently lacking.

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  • To propose a novel semi-parametric regression method for estimating inactivity time quantiles.
  • To establish the statistical properties of the proposed regression parameters.
  • To develop an efficient method for variance-covariance matrix estimation in the presence of censoring.

Main Methods:

  • A semi-parametric regression model for inactivity time quantiles under right censoring.
  • Theoretical analysis to establish consistency and asymptotic normality of regression parameters.
  • A computationally efficient method for estimating the variance-covariance matrix, avoiding probability density function estimation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrates consistency and asymptotic normality of regression parameters.
  • Simulation studies confirm the validity of the proposed estimators and test statistics in finite samples.
  • The method is effectively illustrated using a real-world breast cancer clinical trial dataset.

Conclusions:

  • The developed semi-parametric regression method provides a robust approach for analyzing inactivity time quantiles.
  • The method offers improved interpretation and reduced sensitivity to censoring compared to traditional techniques.
  • This work addresses a critical gap in the statistical modeling of inactivity time, with implications for clinical research.