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  • Biostatistics
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Precision Medicine

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  • Heterogeneous treatment effects pose challenges in clinical decision-making.
  • Semi-parametric models, like single-index models, offer flexibility in analyzing complex data.
  • Personalized medicine requires methods to predict individual patient responses to treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a Bayesian model for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects.
  • To create a treatment benefit index (TBI) using prior information from historical data.
  • To enable patient stratification based on predicted treatment benefits for precision health.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a Bayesian model with a flexible link function.
  • Utilizing single-index modeling principles for data-driven link functions.
  • Inference on a composite moderator summarizing predictor effects via linear projection.

Main Results:

  • The proposed Bayesian model effectively estimates heterogeneous treatment effects.
  • A novel treatment benefit index (TBI) was developed, integrating historical data.
  • The TBI facilitates patient stratification according to predicted treatment benefit levels.

Conclusions:

  • The developed Bayesian approach offers a robust method for modeling treatment effects.
  • The treatment benefit index (TBI) is a valuable tool for precision health applications.
  • The method was successfully applied to a COVID-19 treatment study, demonstrating practical utility.