平等的审查但仍然具有信息性:当审查的原因在治疗武器之间不同时
Timothée Olivier1, Vinay Prasad2
1Department of Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, 4 Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil Street, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
概括
癌症试验中的信息审查可能会导致结果偏差,即使比例相等. 审查的不同原因,如毒性或患者失望,可以扭曲无进展生存 (PFS) 数据.
科学领域:
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 临床试验方法论 临床试验方法论
- 瘤学研究研究
背景情况:
- 信息审查是已知的时间到事件终点偏差,特别是在癌症临床试验中的无进展生存率 (PFS).
- 这种偏见往往与治疗手臂之间不平等的患者退休率有关.
研究的目的:
- 调查出于不同原因而发生的信息审查的影响,但在治疗组中以相同的速度发生.
- 在随机对照试验中,模拟这种特定类型的审查如何影响无进展生存率 (PFS).
主要方法:
- 模拟了一个随机对照试验场景,在每个手臂中对患者审查的差异性原因.
- 在试验早期评估了对一小部分 (15%) 被审查的患者改变命运的影响.
主要成果:
- 即使审查率相同,审查的不同根本原因 (例如,毒性与患者失望) 也可以引入显著的偏见.
- 在早期时间点修改只有15%的被审查患者的状态导致观察到的无进展生存 (PFS) 增长减少.
结论:
- 迄今为止尚未探索的,信息审查的比例相同,但原因不同,对癌症临床试验结果的有效性构成重大风险.
- 这对无进展生存期 (PFS) 的解释和癌症研究的整体景观有重大影响.
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