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  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Health Services Research

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  • Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are crucial for causal inference but face challenges in generalizability due to subgroup heterogeneity and underrepresentation.
  • Extending RCT findings to broader target populations requires methods to address these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel framework for identifying and characterizing underrepresented subgroups within RCTs.
  • To enhance the generalizability of RCT findings to real-world populations.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of the Rashomon Set of Optimal Trees (ROOT), an optimization-based approach to characterize underrepresented groups.
  • ROOT minimizes the variance of the target average treatment effect estimate to improve precision.
  • Application of the methodology to extend inferences from the START trial to the TEDS-A population.

Main Results:

  • ROOT effectively characterizes underrepresented populations with interpretable features.
  • The approach demonstrated improved precision and interpretability compared to existing methods in synthetic data experiments.
  • Successful application to refine target populations and enhance generalizability from a clinical trial.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed ROOT framework provides a systematic approach to refine target populations in RCTs.
  • This method enhances decision-making accuracy and aids in informing future research in diverse populations.
  • ROOT facilitates more precise and interpretable treatment effect estimations, improving the external validity of clinical trial findings.