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  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Vaccinology

Background:

  • The test-negative design (TND) is a key observational method for assessing vaccine effectiveness (VE) in routine healthcare settings.
  • VE estimation in TND involves comparing odds of testing positive versus negative between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
  • TND shares similarities with case-control studies but differs in the pre-specification of case-to-control ratios.

Approach:

  • This study employed simulation methods to evaluate three hypothesis-testing procedures for TND and case-control designs.
  • The procedures analyzed include the standard Wald test, a continuity-corrected Wald test, and a score test, all within a logistic regression framework.
  • Sample size calculations for these designs were also explored.

Key Points:

  • The standard Wald test demonstrates poor performance in both TND and case-control studies when vaccine effectiveness is high, due to potential low or zero counts of vaccinated, test-positive cases.
  • Continuity corrections can stabilize variance but introduce bias.
  • The score test exhibits superior performance by pooling variance under the null hypothesis, making it more robust.

Conclusions:

  • A score-based approach is recommended for designing and analyzing both case-control and TND studies.
  • A modified TND score sample size calculation is proposed to address variability in the control-to-case ratio.
  • This research enhances the understanding of the data mechanisms underlying the TND.