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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Unmeasured confounding poses a significant challenge to drawing valid causal conclusions from observational data.
  • Proximal causal inference offers a framework to address confounding bias using negative control variables.
  • Existing regression methods for proximal causal inference do not adequately cover right-censored time-to-event outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel proximal causal inference regression method for right-censored survival data.
  • To extend the application of proximal causal inference to time-to-event outcomes, a previously unaddressed area.
  • To provide a robust statistical framework for analyzing observational data with potential unmeasured confounding.

Main Methods:

  • A two-stage regression approach is proposed for right-censored survival data.
  • The method is based on an additive hazard structural model.
  • Theoretical justifications are provided for various types of negative control outcomes (continuous, count, time-to-event).

Main Results:

  • The proposed method effectively addresses unmeasured confounding in time-to-event data.
  • The approach is demonstrated using real-world data on the effectiveness of right heart catheterization.
  • The methodology is implemented in the open-access R package "pci2s".

Conclusions:

  • The novel two-stage regression proximal causal inference method provides a valuable tool for analyzing survival data.
  • This approach enhances the credibility of causal inferences from observational studies with time-to-event outcomes.
  • The availability of the "pci2s" R package facilitates the application of this advanced methodology.