title: Placebo non-response measure in sequential parallel comparison design studies.
abstract: The Sequential Parallel Comparison Design (SPCD) is one of the novel approaches addressing placebo response. The analysis of SPCD data typically classifies subjects as 'placebo responders' or 'placebo non-responders'. Most current methods employed for analysis of SPCD data utilize only a part of the data collected during the trial. A repeated measures model was proposed for analysis of continuous outcomes that permitted the inclusion of information from all subjects into the treatment effect estimation. We describe here a new approach using a weighted repeated measures model that further improves the utilization of data collected during the trial, allowing the incorporation of information that is relevant to the placebo response, and dealing with the problem of possible misclassification of subjects. Our simulations show that when compared to the unweighted repeated measures model method, our approach performs as well or, under certain conditions, better, in preserving the type I error, achieving adequate power and minimizing the mean squared error.
authors: Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 02118, MA, U.S.A.
authors: Denis
authors: D
authors: Rybin
authors: Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 02118, MA, U.S.A.|Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI), 930 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd floor, Boston, 02215, MA, U.S.A.
authors: Gheorghe
authors: G
authors: Doros
authors: Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, 2400 Pratt Street, Durham, 27705, NC, U.S.A.
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Pencina
authors: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 351, Boston, 02114, MA, U.S.A.
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Fava
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010919:Placebos; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos
keywords: SPCD; placebo effect; repeated measures