Challenges in Results Robustness of Trials with Missing Data for the Primary Endpoint: Insights from Coronary Balloon/Stent Trials.

IF 2.7 4区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-27 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.2147/RMHP.S511449

Xinyue Lang, Yanyan Zhao, Yingxuan Zhu, Lei Song, Chuangshi Wang, Duoer Wang, Chilie Danzeng, Yang Wang, Wei Li

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Abstract

Background: To assess the consequence of different degrees of missing primary endpoint data for randomized controlled trials and to find the influence factors.

Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched up to Nov 30, 2023. We included trials of the drug-coated balloon/drug-eluted stent with angiographic outcomes as the primary endpoint. The tipping-point analysis was used to deal with the missing data for the primary endpoint. The inconsistency rate, tipping-point standardized effect size (SES) and tipping-point ratio were used to assess the result robustness.

Results: A total of 101 trials were included, which had 109 trial comparisons. Among them, 89 (81.7%) comparisons had superior/non-inferior conclusions (H₀ rejected); 85 (78.0%) comparisons had a missing rate of ≥10%, and 30 (27.5%) comparisons had a missing rate of ≥20%. For H₀ rejected comparisons with a missing rate of ≥10%, the median of inconsistency rate, tipping-point SES and tipping-point ratio was 32.2% (IQR 19.7%, 45.4%), 0.90 (IQR 0.17, 1.79) and -1.53 (IQR -2.43, -0.39). A higher missing rate and a larger (worse) observed-target SES were associated with a more unreliable result.

Conclusion: A high dropout rate and inflated target effect size could cause an unreliable result. We emphasize a robust evaluation of the results for clinical trials with missing data for the primary endpoint.

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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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6.20

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2.90%

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242

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16 weeks

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