Bayesian meta-analysis for evaluating treatment effectiveness in biomarker subgroups using trials of mixed patient populations
利用混合人群试验评估生物标志物亚组疗效的贝叶斯元分析
During drug development, evidence can emerge to suggest a treatment is more effective in a specific patient subgroup. Whilst early trials may be conducted in biomarker-mixed populations, later trials are more likely to enrol biomarker-positive patients alone, thus leading to trials of the same treatment investigated in different populations. When conducting a meta-analysis, a conservative approach would be to combine only trials conducted in the biomarker-positive subgroup.…