Meta-analysis of clinical trials with rare events
Meta-analysis of clinical trials with rare events
Meta-analysis of rare event studies has recently become a subject of controversy and debate. We will argue and demonstrate in this paper that the occurrence of zero events in clinical trials or cohort studies, even if zeros occur in both arms (the case of a double-zero trial), is less problematic, at least from a statistical perspective, if the available statistical tools are applied in the appropriate way. In particular, it is neither necessary nor advisable to exclude studies with zero events from the meta-analysis. In terms of statistical tools, we will focus here on Mantel–Haenszel techniques, mixed Poisson regression and related regression models
mantel-haenszel estimation, meta-analysis, poisson regression with random effects, rare event analysis, zero and double-zero studies
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Böhning, Dankmar
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Mylona, Kalliopi
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Kimber, Alan
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1 July 2015
Böhning, Dankmar
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Mylona, Kalliopi
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Kimber, Alan
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Böhning, Dankmar, Mylona, Kalliopi and Kimber, Alan
(2015)
Meta-analysis of clinical trials with rare events.
Biometrical Journal, 57 (4), .
(doi:10.1002/bimj.201400184).
Abstract
Meta-analysis of rare event studies has recently become a subject of controversy and debate. We will argue and demonstrate in this paper that the occurrence of zero events in clinical trials or cohort studies, even if zeros occur in both arms (the case of a double-zero trial), is less problematic, at least from a statistical perspective, if the available statistical tools are applied in the appropriate way. In particular, it is neither necessary nor advisable to exclude studies with zero events from the meta-analysis. In terms of statistical tools, we will focus here on Mantel–Haenszel techniques, mixed Poisson regression and related regression models
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 December 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 April 2015
Published date: 1 July 2015
Keywords:
mantel-haenszel estimation, meta-analysis, poisson regression with random effects, rare event analysis, zero and double-zero studies
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Primary Care & Population Sciences
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Local EPrints ID: 379552
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/379552
ISSN: 0323-3847
PURE UUID: 7b867957-df08-42a1-a4ee-3c8322783927
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