Evaluating antimalarial efficacy in single-armed and comparative drug trials using competing risk survival analysis: a simulation study
BACKGROUND:Antimalarial efficacy studies in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum are confounded by a new infection (a competing risk event) since this event can potentially preclude a recrudescent event (primary endpoint of interest). The current WHO guidelines recommend censoring compe...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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