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Gerard E, Zohar S, Lorenzato C, Ursino M, Riviere MK. Bayesian modeling of a bivariate toxicity outcome for early phase oncology trials evaluating dose regimens. Stat Med 2021; 40:5096-5114. [PMID: 34259343 PMCID: PMC9292544 DOI: 10.1002/sim.9113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Most phase I trials in oncology aim to find the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) based on the occurrence of dose limiting toxicities (DLT). Evaluating the schedule of administration in addition to the dose may improve drug tolerance. Moreover, for some molecules, a bivariate toxicity endpoint may be more appropriate than a single endpoint. However, standard dose‐finding designs do not account for multiple dose regimens and bivariate toxicity endpoint within the same design. In this context, following a phase I motivating trial, we proposed modeling the first type of DLT, cytokine release syndrome, with the entire dose regimen using pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD), whereas the other DLT (DLTo) was modeled with the cumulative dose. We developed three approaches to model the joint distribution of DLT, defining it as a bivariate binary outcome from the two toxicity types, under various assumptions about the correlation between toxicities: an independent model, a copula model and a conditional model. Our Bayesian approaches were developed to be applied at the end of the dose‐allocation stage of the trial, once all data, including PK/PD measurements, were available. The approaches were evaluated through an extensive simulation study that showed that they can improve the performance of selecting the true MTD‐regimen compared to the recommendation of the dose‐allocation method implemented. Our joint approaches can also predict the DLT probabilities of new dose regimens that were not tested in the study and could be investigated in further stages of the trial.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emma Gerard
- Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.,HeKA, Inria, Paris, France.,Oncology Biostatistics, Biostatistics and Programming Department, Sanofi R&D, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.,Statistical Methodology Group, Biostatistics and Programming Department, Sanofi R&D, Chilly-Mazarin, France
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- Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.,HeKA, Inria, Paris, France
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- Oncology Biostatistics, Biostatistics and Programming Department, Sanofi R&D, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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- Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.,HeKA, Inria, Paris, France.,Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, AP-HP, CHU Robert Debré, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Inserm U1123 and CIC-EC 1426, Paris, France
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- Statistical Methodology Group, Biostatistics and Programming Department, Sanofi R&D, Chilly-Mazarin, France
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Bayesian sequential design for Copula models. TEST-SPAIN 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11749-019-00661-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Rappold A, Müller WG, Woods DC. Copula-based robust optimal block designs. APPLIED STOCHASTIC MODELS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 2020; 36:210-219. [PMID: 32214911 PMCID: PMC7079558 DOI: 10.1002/asmb.2469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Blocking is often used to reduce known variability in designed experiments by collecting together homogeneous experimental units. A common modeling assumption for such experiments is that responses from units within a block are dependent. Accounting for such dependencies in both the design of the experiment and the modeling of the resulting data when the response is not normally distributed can be challenging, particularly in terms of the computation required to find an optimal design. The application of copulas and marginal modeling provides a computationally efficient approach for estimating population-average treatment effects. Motivated by an experiment from materials testing, we develop and demonstrate designs with blocks of size two using copula models. Such designs are also important in applications ranging from microarray experiments to experiments on human eyes or limbs with naturally occurring blocks of size two. We present a methodology for design selection, make comparisons to existing approaches in the literature, and assess the robustness of the designs to modeling assumptions.
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- A Rappold
- Institute of Applied Statistics Johannes Kepler University Linz Linz Austria
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- Institute of Applied Statistics Johannes Kepler University Linz Linz Austria
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- Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute University of Southampton Southampton UK
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Perrone E, Rappold A, Müller WG. [Formula: see text]-optimality in copula models. STAT METHOD APPL-GER 2016; 26:403-418. [PMID: 29755310 PMCID: PMC5935038 DOI: 10.1007/s10260-016-0375-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Optimum experimental design theory has recently been extended for parameter estimation in copula models. The use of these models allows one to gain in flexibility by considering the model parameter set split into marginal and dependence parameters. However, this separation also leads to the natural issue of estimating only a subset of all model parameters. In this work, we treat this problem with the application of the [Formula: see text]-optimality to copula models. First, we provide an extension of the corresponding equivalence theory. Then, we analyze a wide range of flexible copula models to highlight the usefulness of [Formula: see text]-optimality in many possible scenarios. Finally, we discuss how the usage of the introduced design criterion also relates to the more general issue of copula selection and optimal design for model discrimination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elisa Perrone
- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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