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  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trials
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis

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  • Clustering longitudinal biomarkers aids in understanding clinical outcomes, disease progression, and treatment effects.
  • Finite mixtures of multivariate t linear mixed-effects (FM-MtLME) models effectively cluster longitudinal trajectories with within-group similarity.

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  • To extend the FM-MtLME model to accommodate censored outcomes, creating the FM-MtLME with censoring (FM-MtLMEC) model.
  • To further develop the model to include covariate-dependent mixing proportions using a logistic link, resulting in the EFM-MtLMEC model.

Main Methods:

  • Development of two efficient EM-based algorithms for parameter estimation.
  • Application of the proposed FM-MtLMEC and EFM-MtLMEC models to AIDS data with censored viral load measurements.
  • Conducting simulation studies to evaluate the performance of the developed methods.

Main Results:

  • The developed methods effectively handle censored longitudinal data in mixture models.
  • The EFM-MtLMEC model successfully incorporates covariate-dependent mixing proportions.
  • Demonstrated utility through analysis of AIDS data and simulation studies.

Conclusions:

  • The FM-MtLMEC and EFM-MtLMEC models provide robust frameworks for clustering censored longitudinal data.
  • These advanced statistical models enhance the analysis of disease progression and treatment effects in clinical trials.
  • The efficient EM-based algorithms facilitate practical application in biostatistical research.