Missing data in clinical trials: From clinical assumptions to statistical analysis using pattern mixture models

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 337-347

  Ratitch, Bohdana ^a   O'Kelly, Michael ^a   Tosiello, Robert ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

clinical assumptions; missing data; multiple imputation; pattern mixture models; sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL ASSUMPTIONS; MISSING DATA; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PATTERN MIXTURE MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84887444688     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.1549     Document Type: Article

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