Dynamic prediction of cumulative incidence functions by direct binomial regression

In recent years there have been a series of advances in the field of dynamic prediction. Among those is the development of methods for dynamic prediction of the cumulative incidence function in a competing risk setting. These models enable the predictions to be updated as time progresses and more in...

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Published in:Biometrical journal 2018-07, Vol.60 (4), p.734-747
Main Authors: Grand, Mia K., de Witte, Theo J. M., Putter, Hein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biometry - methods
Bone marrow
Bone marrow transplantation
competing risks
Computer simulation
direct binomial regression
dynamic prediction
Humans
Incidence
inverse probability weighting
landmarking
Leukemia, Myeloid - surgery
Mathematical models
Models, Statistical
Regression Analysis
Risk Assessment
Statistical analysis
Statistics, Nonparametric
Stem Cell Transplantation
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Summary:In recent years there have been a series of advances in the field of dynamic prediction. Among those is the development of methods for dynamic prediction of the cumulative incidence function in a competing risk setting. These models enable the predictions to be updated as time progresses and more information becomes available, for example when a patient comes back for a follow‐up visit after completing a year of treatment, the risk of death, and adverse events may have changed since treatment initiation. One approach to model the cumulative incidence function in competing risks is by direct binomial regression, where right censoring of the event times is handled by inverse probability of censoring weights. We extend the approach by combining it with landmarking to enable dynamic prediction of the cumulative incidence function. The proposed models are very flexible, as they allow the covariates to have complex time‐varying effects, and we illustrate how to investigate possible time‐varying structures using Wald tests. The models are fitted using generalized estimating equations. The method is applied to bone marrow transplant data and the performance is investigated in a simulation study.
ISSN:0323-3847
1521-4036
DOI:10.1002/bimj.201700194