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discontinuation & dropout

Loss to follow-up and how it was handled.

24 topics 8 solved Synonyms: missing-data Group: Evidence

24 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not Evidence › Trials open label discontinuation & dropout randomised trial surrogate endpoints Solved What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I have seen SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) cited in support…		2	6.6k	10h
Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters — one year on Evidence › Trials surrogate endpoints discontinuation & dropout estimand randomised trial Solved On the subject in the title: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med ,…	+56	61	37k	11h
Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Evidence › Trials randomised trial surrogate endpoints open label discontinuation & dropout Solved Under review Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do…	+3	7	33k	13h
Interim analyses and stopping rules Evidence › Trials intention to treat surrogate endpoints open label discontinuation & dropout Interim analyses and stopping rules Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in support of a claim I do not think…	+25	29	35k	16d
Run-in periods and the population they select Evidence › Trials surrogate endpoints discontinuation & dropout estimand randomised trial On the subject in the title: Run-in periods and the population they select Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before posting; the…	+130	142	7.3k	1mo
Reading a trial's population section before its results Evidence › Trials estimand surrogate endpoints discontinuation & dropout randomised trial Solved On the subject in the title: Reading a trial's population section before its results Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…	+91	109	22k	2mo
Adjudicated events and why the definition matters Evidence › Trials estimand intention to treat discontinuation & dropout surrogate endpoints Under review On the subject in the title: Adjudicated events and why the definition matters Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read it before posting; the…		2	4.5k	2mo
Revisiting: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters Evidence › Trials estimand surrogate endpoints discontinuation & dropout intention to treat Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) with SURPASS-2 ( N…	+21	25	46k	3mo
Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered — a second dataset Evidence › Trials open label discontinuation & dropout estimand randomised trial On the subject in the title: Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet ,…	+71	79	906	3mo
[2026 update] Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Evidence › Trials surrogate endpoints discontinuation & dropout estimand On the subject in the title: Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) and…	+76	87	994	3mo
Follow-up: What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not Evidence › Trials randomised trial estimand open label surrogate endpoints What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in…		2	7.2k	3mo
Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not Evidence › Trials discontinuation & dropout randomised trial estimand Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) with PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med ,…		4	22k	3mo
Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused — a second dataset Evidence › Trials randomised trial discontinuation & dropout intention to treat estimand Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) with…	+32	37	574	5mo
[2026 update] Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Evidence › Trials estimand intention to treat open label surrogate endpoints On the subject in the title: Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024)…	+39	44	8.2k	5mo
Coming back to: Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Evidence › Trials estimand discontinuation & dropout surrogate endpoints randomised trial On the subject in the title: Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before…	+82	88	1.8k	11mo
Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones — one year on Evidence › Trials randomised trial intention to treat open label estimand Solved Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023). Please read…	+82	87	1.1k	12mo
Interim analyses and stopping rules — does this still hold? Evidence › Trials estimand discontinuation & dropout open label surrogate endpoints Solved Interim analyses and stopping rules — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) with SURMOUNT-4 (…	+30	34	29k	13mo
Second pass at: Trial registration and comparing the protocol with the paper Evidence › Trials estimand discontinuation & dropout randomised trial open label Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Trial registration and comparing the protocol with the paper Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015)…	+30	34	33k	13mo
Reading a trial's population section before its results — does this still hold? Evidence › Trials randomised trial open label intention to treat discontinuation & dropout Closed Reading a trial's population section before its results — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med ,…	+140	154	5.4k	14mo
Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones Evidence › Trials surrogate endpoints open label estimand randomised trial Pinned Closed On the subject in the title: Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read it before…		2	27k	14mo
Adjudicated events and why the definition matters — the long version Evidence › Trials intention to treat estimand randomised trial discontinuation & dropout Adjudicated events and why the definition matters — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) with STEP 4 ( JAMA…	+125	146	13k	15mo
Follow-up: Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not Evidence › Trials open label intention to treat surrogate endpoints estimand Solved Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) and…	+22	26	397	16mo
Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Evidence › Trials open label discontinuation & dropout intention to treat estimand Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in support of a claim I do…	+87	92	1.1k	17mo
[2026 update] How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch Evidence › Trials estimand discontinuation & dropout surrogate endpoints Solved How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it before…	+49	53	643	19mo

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