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The psychometrics of clinical trial endpoints derived from patient-reported outcome measures: Causal inference validity

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 15:30to16:30

Edward Bein, PhD

Senior Statistician

Where: In-person | 2001 捆绑SM社区 College Avenue, room 1140;

Note: Social gathering (Open area outside Rm1140) from 3-3:30pm

Abstract

The US Food and Drug Administration increasingly emphasizes the importance of assessing how patients 鈥渇eel, function, and survive鈥 when evaluating new treatments in clinical trials, often via the use of endpoints derived from patient-reported outcome measures (PROs). This presentation examines possible pitfalls in using PRO-derived endpoints to estimate and test hypotheses about treatment effects. It discusses the notion of whether endpoints possess 鈥渃ausal inference validity,鈥 and presents inferential remedies when such validity is not achieved. The pitfalls and remedies are exemplified in a simulation study using the Rasch item response theory measurement model to analyze a PRO.

Speaker Bio

Ed Bein is on sabbatical from the US Food and Drug Administration, where he is a senior statistician at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. He has reviewed randomized trials evaluating treatments for infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and observational studies of the long-term safety of recently approved drugs. He has a Ph.D. in biostatistics from UC Berkeley and was a clinical psychologist in his previous career.

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