Leveraging external data in the analysis of randomized controlled trials: a comparative analysis
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| author | Kotecha, Gopal Schwartz, Daniel E. Ventz, Steffen Trippa, Lorenzo |
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| contents | The use of patient-level information from previous studies, registries, and other external datasets can support the analysis of single-arm and randomized controlled trials to evaluate and test experimental treatments. However, the integration of external data in the analysis of clinical trials can also compromise the scientific validity of the results due to selection bias, study-to-study differences, unmeasured confounding, and other distortion mechanisms. Therefore, leveraging external data in the analysis of a clinical trial requires the use of appropriate methods that can detect, prevent or mitigate the risks of bias and potential distortion mechanisms. We review several methods that allow investigators to leverage external datasets, such as propensity score procedures and random effects modeling. Different methods present distinct trade-offs between risks and efficiencies. We conduct a comparative analysis of statistical methods to leverage external data and analyze randomized controlled trials. Multiple operating characteristics are discussed, such as the control of false positive results, power, and the bias of the treatment effect estimates, across candidate statistical methods. We compare the statistical methods through a broad set of simulation scenarios. We then compare the methods using a collection of datasets with individual patient-level information from several glioblastoma studies in order to provide recommendations for future glioblastoma trials. |
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| spellingShingle | Leveraging external data in the analysis of randomized controlled trials: a comparative analysis Kotecha, Gopal Schwartz, Daniel E. Ventz, Steffen Trippa, Lorenzo Methodology The use of patient-level information from previous studies, registries, and other external datasets can support the analysis of single-arm and randomized controlled trials to evaluate and test experimental treatments. However, the integration of external data in the analysis of clinical trials can also compromise the scientific validity of the results due to selection bias, study-to-study differences, unmeasured confounding, and other distortion mechanisms. Therefore, leveraging external data in the analysis of a clinical trial requires the use of appropriate methods that can detect, prevent or mitigate the risks of bias and potential distortion mechanisms. We review several methods that allow investigators to leverage external datasets, such as propensity score procedures and random effects modeling. Different methods present distinct trade-offs between risks and efficiencies. We conduct a comparative analysis of statistical methods to leverage external data and analyze randomized controlled trials. Multiple operating characteristics are discussed, such as the control of false positive results, power, and the bias of the treatment effect estimates, across candidate statistical methods. We compare the statistical methods through a broad set of simulation scenarios. We then compare the methods using a collection of datasets with individual patient-level information from several glioblastoma studies in order to provide recommendations for future glioblastoma trials. |
| title | Leveraging external data in the analysis of randomized controlled trials: a comparative analysis |
| topic | Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13409 |