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surrogate endpoints

A measurable stand-in for the outcome that actually matters.

24 topics 10 solved Group: Evidence

Related in this group: STEP programme · SURMOUNT programme · SURPASS programme · SELECT trial · FLOW trial · SOUL trial · TRIUMPH programme · PIONEER programme · SUSTAIN programme · LEADER trial · randomised trial · meta-analysis

24 topics

TopicParticipantsRepliesViewsActivity
What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not
What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I have seen SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) cited in support…
AAZLHE 2 6.6k 10h
Second pass at: Reading a trial's population section before its results
Second pass at: Reading a trial's population section before its results Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) cited in…
VTNPSCSDAS 4 9.5k 10h
Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters — one year on
On the subject in the title: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med ,…
SCAJNGRMGT+56 61 37k 11h
Composite endpoints and the component doing the work
Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do…
RVIDSSVKFP+3 7 33k 13h
Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered
Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) and finding the…
JHAEI 2 27k 1d
Interim analyses and stopping rules
Interim analyses and stopping rules Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in support of a claim I do not think…
TKHJRIGEL+25 29 35k 16d
Run-in periods and the population they select
On the subject in the title: Run-in periods and the population they select Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before posting; the…
DOEVABANLG+130 142 7.3k 1mo
Reading a trial's population section before its results
On the subject in the title: Reading a trial's population section before its results Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
WZOCDJBVK+91 109 22k 2mo
Adjudicated events and why the definition matters
On the subject in the title: Adjudicated events and why the definition matters Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read it before posting; the…
HBGCAV 2 4.5k 2mo
Revisiting: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) with SURPASS-2 ( N…
AHGJTCVMS+21 25 46k 3mo
[2026 update] Composite endpoints and the component doing the work
On the subject in the title: Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) and…
CRSFDVFJP+76 87 994 3mo
Follow-up: What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not
What a statistical analysis plan adds that the paper does not I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in…
SBEMTT 2 7.2k 3mo
Run-in periods and the population they select — the long version
Run-in periods and the population they select — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016). Please read…
ALFREK 2 8.9k 4mo
[2026 update] Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part
On the subject in the title: Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024)…
KFIDFIOCH+39 44 8.2k 5mo
Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with…
NTKCTDOPA+42 46 10k 5mo
Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number
Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016). Please…
IARMA 2 8.1k 6mo
How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch
The question in the title: How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Session topic: STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021). Please read it before…
SCPDBJRMYM+73 81 17k 7mo
Coming back to: Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number
On the subject in the title: Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before…
PRIEBMMTV+82 88 1.8k 11mo
Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones — one year on
Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023). Please read…
SGLIAKADYR+82 87 1.1k 12mo
Interim analyses and stopping rules — does this still hold?
Interim analyses and stopping rules — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) with SURMOUNT-4 (…
JDMHKMFTHL+30 34 29k 13mo
Reading a trial's population section before its results — does this still hold?
Reading a trial's population section before its results — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med ,…
TDEKVIREM+140 154 5.4k 14mo
Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones
On the subject in the title: Comparators chosen for regulatory reasons rather than clinical ones Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read it before…
PESZTD 2 27k 14mo
Follow-up: Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not
Open-label extensions: what survives and what does not — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) and…
MATPBLCMA+22 26 397 16mo
[2026 update] How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch
How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it before…
AZVNLWFKK+49 53 643 19mo