Validation of surrogate endpoints in multiple randomized clinical trials with discrete outcomes

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 921-935

  Renard, Didier ^a   Geys, Helena ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a   Burzykowski, Tomasz ^a   Buyse, Marc ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b International Institute for Drug Development   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binary data; Meta analysis; Pairwise likelihood; Surrogate Endpoint; Validation

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

BINARY DATA; JOINT MODELS; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; META-ANALYSIS; PAIRWISE LIKELIHOOD; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SURROGATE ENDPOINT; VALIDATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0036921290     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200290004     Document Type: Article

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