临床试验中的响应适应性随机化:从神话到实际考虑
David S Robertson1, Kim May Lee2, Boryana C López-Kolkovska3
1MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, United Kingdom.
概括
响应自适应随机化 (RAR) 调整了临床试验中的患者分配,基于传入的数据. 这一综述统一了对RAR的不同观点.
科学领域:
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 临床试验设计 临床试验设计
- 机器学习 机器学习
背景情况:
- 响应适应随机化 (RAR) 是一种数据依赖的抽样方法.
- 自20世纪30年代以来,它在生物统计学和临床试验方面有着悠久的历史.
- 由于实践示例和机器学习应用,RAR已重新引起人们的兴趣.
研究的目的:
- 为提供响应适应随机化 (RAR) 的统一审查.
- 解决关于RAR有用性的不同观点的协调差距.
- 讨论临床试验中RAR的方法和实践考虑.
主要方法:
- 对RAR的生物统计和方法论文献的综述.
- 综合了RAR在临床试验中的应用的不同观点.
- 探索围绕RAR的实际和理论问题.
主要成果:
- 确定了对RAR的统一视角的需要.
- 突出了关于RAR的实用性和实施的持续辩论.
- 综合了关于RAR的好处和挑战的各种观点.
结论:
- 在临床试验方法学中,RAR仍然是引发重大辩论的主题.
- 对RAR的方法论和实践方面的全面了解至关重要.
- 这一综述提供了一个新的视角,以告知RAR在临床研究中的作用的讨论.
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