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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
In a clinical trial comparing different treatments the patients may be rather heterogeneous with regard to their natural prognosis. Simple overall comparison of the treatment groups may lead to a biased estimate of the treatment effect even in a well-balanced randomized study, at least when survival time is the outcome. An adequate analysis of the treatment effect is only feasible in a multivariate framework where the important prognostic factors are accounted for and, additionally, treatment-covariate interactions may be evaluated. Analyses using the Cox model are compared with alternative approaches based on the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) technique. Basic differences between these approaches are outlined and discussed in the context of a randomized clinical trial of chemotherapy in patients with brain tumours.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0277-6715
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2351-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Bias (Epidemiology), pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Carmustine, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Clinical Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8134738-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of the Cox model and the regression tree procedure in analysing a randomized clinical trial.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial