Russian «Экспертами» and their hobby [Regulatives / Guidelines]
concerning your question in the other thread:
❝ I need to calculate additional parameter in ANOVA - Cohort factor.
Oh, the hobby of the Russian «Экспертами»…
❝ Then in the case of a EMA Model Specification is:
❝ sequence+subject(sequence)+period+treatment+cohort
❝ Am I right?
I’m afraid, no. The EMA does not specify a model. In the BE-GL we find only:
4.1.1 Study design
The study should be designed in such a way that the formulation effect can be distinguished from other effects.
4.1.8 Evaluation – Statistical analysis
The precise model to be used for the analysis should be pre-specified in the protocol. The statistical analysis should take into account sources of variation that can be reasonably assumed to have an effect on the response variable.
❝ And how Model Specification can be constructed for agencies recommending a mixed-effects model (FDA, Health Canada)?
You find the FDA’s models under the FOI and some members of the forum have a letter with the same wording. The FDA suggests three models (group instead of cohort):
- Group, Sequence, Treatment, Subject (nested within Group × Sequence), Period (nested within Group), Group-by-Sequence Interaction, Group-by-Treatment Interaction.
Subject (nested within Group × Sequence) is a random effect and all other effects are fixed effects. Note that intra-subject contrasts for the estimation of the treatment effect (and hence, a PE and its CI) cannot be unbiased obtained from this model. It serves only as a decision tool.- If the Group-by-Treatment interaction test is not statistically significanta (p ≥0.1), only the Group-by-Treatment term can be dropped from the model. That means, pool the data and evaluate the study by model #2.
- If the Group-by-Treatment interaction is statistically significanta (p <0.1), equivalence has to be demonstrated in one of the groups, provided that the group meets minimum requirements for a complete bioequivalence study. That means, no pooling and evaluate the (largest) group only by model #3.
- If the Group-by-Treatment interaction test is not statistically significanta (p ≥0.1), only the Group-by-Treatment term can be dropped from the model. That means, pool the data and evaluate the study by model #2.
- Group, Sequence, Treatment, Subject (nested within Group × Sequence), Period (nested within Group), Group-by-Sequence Interaction.
Again, Subject (nested within Group × Sequence) is a random effect and all other effects are fixed effects.
The model takes the multigroup nature of the study into account and is more conservative than the naïve pooled model (three degrees of freedom less than model #3).
- Sequence, Treatment, Period, Subject (nested within Sequence).
Surprise: Subject (nested within Group × Sequence) is a random effect and all other effects are fixed effects.
- the clinical study takes place at one site,
- all study subjects have been recruited from the same enrollment pool,
- all of the subjects have similar demographics, and
- all enrolled subjects are randomly assigned to treatment groups at study outset.
Since Russia follows the EMA’s footprints, treat subjects as fixed instead of random.c The decision scheme (i.e., whether data can be pooled or analysis of the largest group is recommended) is applicable as well. It should be noted that in rare cases (e.g., extremely unbalanced sequences) the fixed effects model gives no solution and the mixed effects model has to be used.
- In Phoenix/WinNonlin check the
Partial Tests
for model #1:
ColumnHypothesis
, rowGroup*Treatment
and itsP_value
.
- Example: CV of AUC 30% (no scaling allowed) but 4-period full replicate to allow scaling of Cmax, GMR 0.90, target power 90% → sample size 54. Capacity of the clinical site 24 beds. Three options:
- Equal group sizes (3×18).
- Two groups with the maximum size (24) and the remaining one six.
- One group 24, the remaining two as balanced as possible (16|14).
- 51% in all groups (n=18 each).
- 62% in the two large groups (n=24 each).
- 62% in the largest group (n=24).
#2 looks better but what if one group passes and the other not? If you cherry-pick and present only the passing one I bet that assessors will ask for the other one. What do you think they will conclude?
Therefore, I would suggest #3… - Equal group sizes (3×18).
- Setup of the models in Phoenix/WinNonlin (map
Group
asClassification
):Group+Sequence+Treatment+Group*Sequence+
Group*Period+Group*Treatment+Subject(Group*Sequence)
Group+Sequence+Treatment+Group*Sequence+
Group*Period+Subject(Group*Sequence)
Sequence+Treatment+Period+Subject(Sequence)
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- Russian «Экспертами» and their hobbyHelmut 2017-04-29 00:46 [Regulatives / Guidelines]
- Low power of Group-by-Treatment interaction mittyri 2017-04-29 22:57
- Let’s forget the Group-by-Treatment interaction, please! Helmut 2017-04-30 13:54
- Let’s forget the Group-by-Treatment interaction, please! ElMaestro 2017-05-01 16:19
- Some answers Helmut 2017-05-02 01:10
- Some answers ElMaestro 2017-05-02 09:04
- Example Helmut 2017-05-02 12:35
- Sensitivity of term? mittyri 2017-05-02 18:29
- Simulations Helmut 2017-05-05 14:38
- loosing specificity due to low sensitivity mittyri 2017-05-08 23:28
- loosing specificity due to low sensitivity Helmut 2017-05-09 00:55
- loosing specificity due to low sensitivity mittyri 2017-05-08 23:28
- Loss in power Helmut 2017-05-06 17:31
- Interval between groups Helmut 2017-05-08 19:02
- IMP handling mittyri 2017-05-08 23:40
- IMP handling Helmut 2017-05-09 01:08
- IMP handling mittyri 2017-05-08 23:40
- Loss in power Helmut 2017-05-14 17:22
- Simulations Helmut 2017-05-05 14:38
- Some answers ElMaestro 2017-05-02 09:04
- No convergence in JMP and Phoenix WinNonlin Helmut 2017-05-25 15:26
- Ouch?!??? ElMaestro 2017-05-25 16:24
- Some answers Helmut 2017-05-02 01:10
- Let’s forget the Group-by-Treatment interaction, please! ElMaestro 2017-05-01 16:19
- Let’s forget the Group-by-Treatment interaction, please! Helmut 2017-04-30 13:54
- Russian «Экспертами» and their hobby Artem Gusev 2017-05-02 16:13
- be careful with mixed models mittyri 2017-05-02 17:53
- be careful with mixed models Artem Gusev 2017-05-03 11:02
- p-value(s) in model 2 Helmut 2017-05-05 14:48
- be careful with mixed models mittyri 2017-05-02 17:53
- Russian «Экспертами» following the EEU GLs Helmut 2017-05-24 20:17
- Russian «Экспертами» following the EEU GLs Beholder 2017-05-24 22:37
- Penalty for carelessness mittyri 2017-05-25 08:52
- Russian «Экспертами» following the EEU GLs Beholder 2017-05-25 10:43
- Russian «Экспертами» following the EEU GLs Mikalai 2018-01-04 10:43
- Belarus = member of the EEU Helmut 2018-01-04 13:08
- Belarus = member of the EEU Mikalai 2018-01-04 19:49
- Trying your model for EEU mittyri 2018-01-04 22:04
- Trying your model for EEU Helmut 2018-01-05 00:06
- help us to stop it, please... Astea 2018-01-10 12:09
- help us to stop it, please... Beholder 2018-01-10 12:49
- regulators convinced by science? d_labes 2018-01-10 15:15
- regulators convinced by science? Beholder 2018-01-10 17:14
- Чёрт побери! d_labes 2018-01-10 18:53
- regulators convinced by science? Astea 2018-01-10 19:10
- regulators convinced by science? Beholder 2018-01-10 17:14
- help us to stop it, please... Astea 2018-01-10 12:09
- Trying your model for EEU Helmut 2018-01-05 00:06
- Belarus = member of the EEU Helmut 2018-01-04 13:08
- Russian «Экспертами» following the EEU GLs Beholder 2017-05-24 22:37
- Low power of Group-by-Treatment interaction mittyri 2017-04-29 22:57