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Preface |
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1.1 Expecting the unexpected |
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1.1.1 A brief history of medical product regulation |
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1.1.3 Differences and similarities between efficacy and safety endpoints |
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1.1.4 Regulatory guidelines and drug withdrawals |
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1.2 Adverse events and adverse drug reactions |
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1.2.1 Adverse events versus adverse drug reactions |
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1.3.1 WHO Drug Dictionary |
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1.3.2 Anatomical-Therapeutic-Chemical classification |
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1.3.3 NCI Drug Dictionary |
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1.4 Adverse event dictionaries |
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1.4.1 Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities |
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1.4.2 Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events |
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1.4.3 WHO's Adverse Reaction Terminology |
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1.5 Serious adverse events and safety signals |
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1.6 Statistical strategies for safety evaluation and a road map for readers |
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1.6.1 Safety data collection and analysis |
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1.6.2 Safety databases and sequential surveillance in pharmacovigilance |
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1.6.3 An interdisciplinary approach and how the book can be used |
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1.7 Supplements and problems |
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2 Biological Models and Associated Statistical Methods |
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2.1 Quantitative structure-activity relationship |
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2.1.2 Molecular descriptors |
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2.1.3 Statistical methods |
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40 | (2) |
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2.2 Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models |
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2.3 Analysis of preclinical safety data |
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2.3.2 Reproductive and developmental toxicity |
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2.4 Predictive cardiotoxicity |
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2.4.1 Comprehensive in vitro Proarrythmia Assay (CiPA) |
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2.4.2 Phase I ECG studies |
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2.4.3 Concentration-QTc (C-QTc) modeling |
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2.5 Toxicogenomics in predictive toxicology |
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2.5.1 TGx science and technology |
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2.6 Regulatory framework in predictive toxicology |
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2.6.1 Regulatory guidelines |
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2.6.2 Safety biomarker qualification |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6.3 In silico models in predictive toxicology |
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2.7 Supplements and problems |
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3 Benefit-Risk Assessment of Medical Products |
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3.1 Some examples of B-R assessment |
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3.2 Ingredients for B-R evaluation |
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3.2.2 Qualitative and quantitative evaluations |
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3.2.3 Benefit-risk formulations |
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3.3 B-R methods using clinical trials data |
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3.4 Multi-criteria statistical decision theory |
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3.4.1 Multi-criteria decision analysis |
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3.4.2 Stochastic multi-criteria acceptability analysis and statistical decision theory |
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3.5 Quality-adjusted benefit-risk assessments |
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3.5.2 Quality-adjusted survival analysis |
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3.5.3 Testing QAL differences of treatment from control |
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3.6 Additional statistical methods |
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3.6.1 Number needed to treat (NNT) |
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3.6.2 Incremental net benefits |
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3.6.3 Uncertainty adjustments and Bayesian methods |
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3.6.4 Endpoint selection and other considerations |
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3.7 Supplements and problems |
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4 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials with Safety End-points |
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4.1 Dose escalation in phase I clinical trials |
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4.1.1 Rule-based designs for cytotoxic treatments |
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4.1.2 CRM, EWOC and other model-based designs |
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4.1.3 Individual versus collective ethics and approximate dynamic programming |
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4.1.4 Extensions to combination therapies |
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104 | (1) |
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4.1.5 Modifications for cytostatic cancer therapies |
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4.2 Safety considerations for the design of phase II and III studies |
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4.2.1 Conditioning on rare adverse events |
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107 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Sequential conditioning and an efficient sequential GLRtest |
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108 | (1) |
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4.3 Phase I--II designs for both efficacy and safety endpoints in cytotoxic cancer treatments |
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109 | (2) |
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4.4 Summary of clinical trial safety data |
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4.4.1 Clinical adverse events |
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111 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Laboratory test results |
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4.4.4 Integrated summary of safety (ISS) |
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4.4.5 Development Safety Update Report (DSUR) |
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118 | (2) |
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4.5 EAIR and regression models |
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120 | (7) |
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4.5.1 EAIR and confidence intervals for hazard rates |
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120 | (2) |
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4.5.2 Poisson regression and negative binomial models |
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122 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Rare events data analysis and statistical models for recurrent events |
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124 | (3) |
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4.6 Graphical displays of safety data |
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4.6.1 Graphical displays of proportions and counts |
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127 | (3) |
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4.6.2 Mosaic plots comparing AE severity of treatments |
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4.6.3 Graphical displays for continuous data |
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4.7 Supplements and problems |
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136 | (5) |
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5 Multiplicity in the Evaluation of Clinical Safety Data |
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5.1 An illustrative example |
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142 | (4) |
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5.1.1 A three-tier adverse event categorization system |
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142 | (2) |
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5.1.2 The MMRV combination vaccine trial |
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144 | (2) |
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5.2 Multiplicity issues in efficacy and safety evaluations |
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146 | (1) |
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5.3 P-values, FDR, and some variants |
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147 | (4) |
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5.3.1 Double false discovery rate and its control |
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148 | (2) |
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5.3.2 FDR control for discrete data |
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150 | (1) |
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5.4 Bayesian methods for safety evaluation |
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5.4.1 Berry and Berry's hierarchical mixture model |
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151 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Gould's Bayesian screening model |
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153 | (3) |
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5.4.3 Compound statistical decisions and an empirical Bayes approach |
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156 | (1) |
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5.5 Supplements and Problems |
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157 | (6) |
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6 Causal Inference from Post-Marketing Data |
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6.1 Post-marketing data collection |
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163 | (4) |
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6.1.1 Clinical trials with safety endpoints |
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164 | (1) |
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6.1.2 Observational pharmacoepidemiologic studies using registries |
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165 | (1) |
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6.1.3 Prospective cohort observational studies |
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166 | (1) |
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6.1.4 Retrospective observational studies |
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6.2 Potential outcomes and counterfactuals |
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6.2.1 Causes of effects in attributions for serious adverse health outcomes |
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6.2.2 Counterfactuals, potential outcomes, and Rubin's causal model |
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168 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Frequentist, Bayesian, and missing data approaches |
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170 | (3) |
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6.3 Causal inference from observational studies |
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6.3.1 Matching, subclassification, and standardization |
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6.3.2 Propensity score: Theory and implementation |
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6.3.3 Control for confounding via estimated PS |
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176 | (4) |
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6.3.4 Inverse probability weighting |
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180 | (5) |
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6.3.5 Structural model for latent failure time |
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185 | (1) |
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6.4 Unmeasured confounding |
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186 | (5) |
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6.4.1 Instrumental variables |
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186 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Trend-in-trend research design of observational studies |
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187 | (4) |
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6.5 Structural causal models and causal calculus |
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191 | (8) |
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6.5.1 From structural equation models to SCMs |
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191 | (3) |
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6.5.2 Symbolic causal calculus |
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194 | (5) |
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6.6 Supplements and problems |
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199 | (6) |
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7 Safety Databases: Statistical Analysis and Pharmacovigi-lance |
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7.1.2 Clinical trial data |
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209 | (1) |
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7.1.3 FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) |
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209 | (1) |
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7.1.4 Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and Vaccine Safety Datalink |
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210 | (2) |
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7.1.6 Medicare, Medicaid, and health insurance claims databases |
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212 | (1) |
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7.1.7 Adverse event reporting database for medical devices |
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7.2 Statistical issues in analysis of spontaneous AE databases |
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213 | (3) |
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7.3 Reporting ratios and disproportionality analysis |
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7.4 Empirical Bayes approach to safety signal detection |
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217 | (4) |
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7.5 Bayesian signal detection from AE databases |
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7.6 LR test-based approach and other methods |
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7.6.1 LR test-based approach to QSD |
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7.6.2 Tree-based scan statistics |
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225 | (4) |
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7.6.3 Ontological reasoning approach |
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229 | (1) |
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7.6.4 Deep learning for pharmacovigilance |
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7.7 Meta-analysis of multiple safety studies |
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7.7.1 Fixed and random effects models for meta-analysis |
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7.7.2 Meta-analysis of rare events |
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7.7.3 Network meta-analysis |
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7.8 Pharmacoepidemiologic approaches |
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7.8.1 Information content differences among safety databases and from web-based epidemiologic studies |
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7.8.2 Case-control and self-controlled case series (SCCS) |
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7.8.3 OMOP and systematic pharmacovigilance |
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7.8.4 Postmarketing pharmacoepidemiologic studies: Examples from biologic therapies |
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7.9 Pre-and Post-marketing studies of MMRV vaccine |
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7.9.1 Pre-licensure clinical trials |
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7.9.2 Post-licensure observational safety studies and reversal of ACIP recommendation |
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7.10 Supplements and Problems |
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254 | (7) |
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8 Sequential Methods for Safety Surveillance |
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8.1 Sequential testing for safety surveillance |
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8.1.2 Adjustments for confounding and risk factors |
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8.2 Group sequential methods |
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8.2.1 Continuous versus group sequential monitoring for post-market safety surveillance |
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8.2.2 Frequency of analyses in sequential surveillance |
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8.2.3 Selection of comparison group and other design considerations |
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270 | (2) |
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8.3 Adjustments in sequential safety surveillance |
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272 | (6) |
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8.3.2 Matching and applications to VSD and Sentinel data |
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273 | (2) |
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8.3.3 Propensity scores and inverse probability weighting |
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275 | (2) |
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8.3.5 Sequential likelihood ratio trend-in-trend design in the presence of unmeasured confounding |
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278 | (1) |
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8.4 Supplements and problems |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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