Adjusting treatment comparisons to account for non-randomized interventions: An example from an angina trial

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 781-793

  White, Ian R ^a   Carpenter, James ^a   Pocock, Stuart J ^a   Henderson, Robert A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Clinical trials; Intention to treat; Non compliance; Treatment changes

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037445416     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1369     Document Type: Review

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