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  • Computational Biology
  • Health Informatics

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  • Counterfactual simulation is crucial for personalized medicine and in-silico trials.
  • Methodological limitations currently hinder effective counterfactual simulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an autoregressive generative model for clinically plausible counterfactual simulations.
  • To assess the model's ability to reproduce known clinical patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Trained an autoregressive generative model on a large dataset (300,000+ patients, 400 million timeline entries).
  • Applied the model to COVID-19 patients, simulating outcomes by altering age, C-reactive protein (CRP), and serum creatinine.
  • Validated counterfactual trajectories against known clinical patterns.

Main Results:

  • The model generated clinically plausible counterfactual patient trajectories.
  • Simulations showed increased mortality with older age, elevated CRP, and elevated serum creatinine.
  • Predicted changes in Remdesivir prescriptions based on CRP and kidney function.

Conclusions:

  • Autoregressive generative models can effectively perform counterfactual clinical simulations.
  • Self-supervised learning on real-world data provides a foundation for advanced clinical modeling.
  • This approach supports personalized medicine and in-silico trial development.