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most citedMeta-analysis of few small studies in orphan diseases

195 citations · 380 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

stat.AP2023

On fixed and uncertain mixture prior weights

Beat Neuenschwander, Simon Wandel, Satrajit Roychoudhury +1

This paper focuses on the specification of the weights for the components of mixture priors.

cs.CY2022

Why we should respect analysis results as data

Joana M Barros, Lukas A Widmer, Mark Baillie +1

The development and approval of new treatments generates large volumes of results, such as summaries of efficacy and safety. However, it is commonly overlooked that analyzing clini…

stat.AP2021

The Predictive Individual Effect for Survival Data

Beat Neuenschwander, Satrajit Roychoudhury, Simon Wandel +2

The call for patient-focused drug development is loud and clear, as expressed in the 21st Century Cures Act and in recent guidelines and initiatives of regulatory agencies. Among t…

stat.ME2018★ 41 cited

Model averaging for robust extrapolation in evidence synthesis

Christian Röver, Simon Wandel, Tim Friede

Extrapolation from a source to a target, e.g., from adults to children, is a promising approach to utilizing external information when data are sparse. In the context of meta-analy…

stat.ME2016★ 16 cited

Using phase II data for the analysis of phase III studies: an application in rare diseases

Simon Wandel, Beat Neuenschwander, Tim Friede +1

Clinical research and drug development in orphan diseases is challenging, since large-scale randomized studies are difficult to conduct. Formally synthesizing the evidence is there…

stat.ME2016★ 128 cited

Meta-analysis of two studies in the presence of heterogeneity with applications in rare diseases

Tim Friede, Christian Röver, Simon Wandel +1

Random-effects meta-analyses are used to combine evidence of treatment effects from multiple studies. Since treatment effects may vary across trials due to differences in study cha…

stat.ME2016★ 195 cited

Meta-analysis of few small studies in orphan diseases

Tim Friede, Christian Röver, Simon Wandel +1

Meta-analyses in orphan diseases and small populations generally face particular problems including small numbers of studies, small study sizes, and heterogeneity of results. Howev…