Biostatistics pitfalls: Lessons learned from analysis of medical data

In several recent issues of The Lancet, we identified a few common pitfalls in the analysis of clinical trial and medical data in the published articles (Mok et al., 2019; Herrlinger et al., 2019; Reindl-Schwaighofer et al., 2019; He et al., 2019). Without careful validation of model assumptions, even the primary endpoint of the trial might be analyzed using improper statistical methods. We carried out an in-depth analysis of the statistical issues in four real clinical trials, which highlights the importance of statistics in the medical field.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - October 28, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Guosheng Yin, Chenyang Zhang, Zhao Yang Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research