Doubly robust estimation of marginal cumulative incidence curves for competing risk analysis

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Auteurs principaux: van Hage, Patrick, Cessie, Saskia le, van Maaren, Marissa C., Putter, Hein, van Geloven, Nan
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author van Hage, Patrick
Cessie, Saskia le
van Maaren, Marissa C.
Putter, Hein
van Geloven, Nan
author_facet van Hage, Patrick
Cessie, Saskia le
van Maaren, Marissa C.
Putter, Hein
van Geloven, Nan
contents Covariate imbalance between treatment groups makes it difficult to compare cumulative incidence curves in competing risk analyses. In this paper we discuss different methods to estimate adjusted cumulative incidence curves including inverse probability of treatment weighting and outcome regression modeling. For these methods to work, correct specification of the propensity score model or outcome regression model, respectively, is needed. We introduce a new doubly robust estimator, which requires correct specification of only one of the two models. We conduct a simulation study to assess the performance of these three methods, including scenarios with model misspecification of the relationship between covariates and treatment and/or outcome. We illustrate their usage in a cohort study of breast cancer patients estimating covariate-adjusted marginal cumulative incidence curves for recurrence, second primary tumour development and death after undergoing mastectomy treatment or breast-conserving therapy. Our study points out the advantages and disadvantages of each covariate adjustment method when applied in competing risk analysis.
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spellingShingle Doubly robust estimation of marginal cumulative incidence curves for competing risk analysis
van Hage, Patrick
Cessie, Saskia le
van Maaren, Marissa C.
Putter, Hein
van Geloven, Nan
Methodology
Covariate imbalance between treatment groups makes it difficult to compare cumulative incidence curves in competing risk analyses. In this paper we discuss different methods to estimate adjusted cumulative incidence curves including inverse probability of treatment weighting and outcome regression modeling. For these methods to work, correct specification of the propensity score model or outcome regression model, respectively, is needed. We introduce a new doubly robust estimator, which requires correct specification of only one of the two models. We conduct a simulation study to assess the performance of these three methods, including scenarios with model misspecification of the relationship between covariates and treatment and/or outcome. We illustrate their usage in a cohort study of breast cancer patients estimating covariate-adjusted marginal cumulative incidence curves for recurrence, second primary tumour development and death after undergoing mastectomy treatment or breast-conserving therapy. Our study points out the advantages and disadvantages of each covariate adjustment method when applied in competing risk analysis.
title Doubly robust estimation of marginal cumulative incidence curves for competing risk analysis
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16256