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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Main Authors: Dahal, P, Guerin, P, Price, R, Simpson, J, Stepniewska, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2019