Testing for similarity of multivariate mixed outcomes using generalised joint regression models with application to efficacy-toxicity responses
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| author | Hagemann, Niklas Marra, Giampiero Bretz, Frank Möllenhoff, Kathrin |
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| contents | A common problem in clinical trials is to test whether the effect of an explanatory variable on a response of interest is similar between two groups, e.g. patient or treatment groups. In this regard, similarity is defined as equivalence up to a pre-specified threshold that denotes an acceptable deviation between the two groups. This issue is typically tackled by assessing if the explanatory variable's effect on the response is similar. This assessment is based on, for example, confidence intervals of differences or a suitable distance between two parametric regression models. Typically, these approaches build on the assumption of a univariate continuous or binary outcome variable. However, multivariate outcomes, especially beyond the case of bivariate binary response, remain underexplored. This paper introduces an approach based on a generalised joint regression framework exploiting the Gaussian copula. Compared to existing methods, our approach accommodates various outcome variable scales, such as continuous, binary, categorical, and ordinal, including mixed outcomes in multi-dimensional spaces. We demonstrate the validity of this approach through a simulation study and an efficacy-toxicity case study, hence highlighting its practical relevance. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing for similarity of multivariate mixed outcomes using generalised joint regression models with application to efficacy-toxicity responses Hagemann, Niklas Marra, Giampiero Bretz, Frank Möllenhoff, Kathrin Methodology A common problem in clinical trials is to test whether the effect of an explanatory variable on a response of interest is similar between two groups, e.g. patient or treatment groups. In this regard, similarity is defined as equivalence up to a pre-specified threshold that denotes an acceptable deviation between the two groups. This issue is typically tackled by assessing if the explanatory variable's effect on the response is similar. This assessment is based on, for example, confidence intervals of differences or a suitable distance between two parametric regression models. Typically, these approaches build on the assumption of a univariate continuous or binary outcome variable. However, multivariate outcomes, especially beyond the case of bivariate binary response, remain underexplored. This paper introduces an approach based on a generalised joint regression framework exploiting the Gaussian copula. Compared to existing methods, our approach accommodates various outcome variable scales, such as continuous, binary, categorical, and ordinal, including mixed outcomes in multi-dimensional spaces. We demonstrate the validity of this approach through a simulation study and an efficacy-toxicity case study, hence highlighting its practical relevance. |
| title | Testing for similarity of multivariate mixed outcomes using generalised joint regression models with application to efficacy-toxicity responses |
| topic | Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05817 |