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| Title |
Comparison of nuisance parameters in pediatric versus adult randomized trials: a meta-epidemiologic empirical evaluation
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12874-017-0456-8 |
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| Authors |
Ben Vandermeer, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Marijke C. Jansen-van der Weide, Stephanie S. Weinreich, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Dirk Bassler, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Lisa Askie, Haroon Saloojee, Paola Baiardi, Susan S. Ellenberg, Johanna H. van der Lee |
| Abstract |
We wished to compare the nuisance parameters of pediatric vs. adult randomized-trials (RCTs) and determine if the latter can be used in sample size computations of the former. In this meta-epidemiologic empirical evaluation we examined meta-analyses from the Cochrane Database of Systematic-Reviews, with at least one pediatric-RCT and at least one adult-RCT. Within each meta-analysis of binary efficacy-outcomes, we calculated the pooled-control-group event-rate (CER) across separately all pediatric and adult-trials, using random-effect models and subsequently calculated the control-group event-rate risk-ratio (CER-RR) of the pooled-pediatric-CERs vs. adult-CERs. Within each meta-analysis with continuous outcomes we calculated the pooled-control-group effect standard deviation (CE-SD) across separately all pediatric and adult-trials and subsequently calculated the CE-SD-ratio of the pooled-pediatric-CE-SDs vs. adult-CE-SDs. We then calculated across all meta-analyses the pooled-CER-RRs and pooled-CE-SD-ratios (primary endpoints) and the pooled-magnitude of effect-sizes of CER-RRs and CE-SD-ratios using REMs. A ratio < 1 indicates that pediatric trials have smaller nuisance parameters than adult trials. We analyzed 208 meta-analyses (135 for binary-outcomes, 73 for continuous-outcomes). For binary outcomes, pediatric-RCTs had on average 10% smaller CERs than adult-RCTs (summary-CE-RR: 0.90; 95% CI: 0.83, 0.98). For mortality outcomes the summary-CE-RR was 0.48 (95% CIs: 0.31, 0.74). For continuous outcomes, pediatric-RCTs had on average 26% smaller CE-SDs than adult-RCTs (summary-CE-SD-ratio: 0.74). Clinically relevant differences in nuisance parameters between pediatric and adult trials were detected. These differences have implications for design of future studies. Extrapolation of nuisance parameters for sample-sizes calculations from adult-trials to pediatric-trials should be cautiously done. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Portugal | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 16 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 3 | 19% |
| Researcher | 3 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 6% |
| Engineering | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 January 2018.
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