Definition and Estimation of Covariate Effect Types in the Context of Treatment Effectiveness

Yasutaka Chiba
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Yasutaka Chiba: Clinical Research Center, Kindai University Hospital, 377-2, Ohno-higashi, Osaka-sayama, Osaka 589–8511, Japan

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 10, 1-11

Abstract: In some clinical studies, assessing covariate effect types indicating whether a covariate is predictive and/or prognostic is of interest, in addition to the study endpoint. Recently, for a case with a binary outcome, Chiba (Clinical Trials, 2019; 16: 237–245) proposed the new concept of covariate effect type, which is assessed in terms of four response types, and showed that standard subgroup or regression analysis is applicable only in certain cases. Although this concept could be useful for supplementing conventional standard analysis, its application is limited to cases with a binary outcome. In this article, we aim to generalize Chiba’s concept to continuous and time-to-event outcomes. We define covariate effect types based on four response types. It is difficult to estimate the response types from the observed data without making certain assumptions, so we propose a simple method to estimate them under the assumption of independent potential outcomes. Our approach is illustrated using data from a clinical study with a time-to-event outcome.

Keywords: potential outcome; prediction; prognosis; response type; restricted mean survival time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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