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Pre-conference Courses

1. Analysis Of Incomplete Data (James Carpenter)          
2. Clinical Trial Methodology (Stephen Senn)                      
3. Longitudinal Data Analysis (Garrett Fitzmaurice)           
4. Strategies For Extracting Reliable Information
     From Microarray Data
(Dhammika Amaratunga)          


 

    COMPACT REVIEW : 

24th AUGUST, 2009

S01 - Vencovsky Aula

09:20 - 09:50
                          

      You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide: Decision-Making And Indirect Comparisons In A Resource Limited Healthcare System (Neil Hawkins)

    

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09:50–10:20
                     

 

Pairwise Meta-Analysis And Indirect Comparisons: Equally Biased, Or Equally Meaningless?
(Tony Ades)

    

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10:20–10:30
                    

  Discussion With Discussant
(Theo Stijnen)

    

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S02 - RB101

11:00–11:30
                          

      An Extended Hazard Model With Longitudinal Covariates
(Jane-Ling Wang, Yikuan Tseng and Meng Mao)


    

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11:30–12:00
                     

  Generalized Estimating Equations For Censored Data
(Daniel Farewell)

    

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12:00–12:30
                    

  Joint Modeling Of Cognitive Decline And Time-To-Dementia: A Latent Variable Approach
(Cecile Proust-Lima and Helene Jacqmin-Gadda)

    

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S03 - RB210

11:00–11:18
                          

      Bias Adjustment Methods For Meta-Analyses Of Published Observational Studies
(Simon Thompson, Ulf Ekelund, Susan Jebb, Anna Karin Lindroos, Adrian Mander, Stephen Sharp, Rebecca Turner and Desiree Wilks)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  Reducing The Variance Of The Instrumental Variable-Based Estimates Of Treatment Effect In Pharmaco-Epidemiology
(Michal Abrahamowicz, Marie-Eve Beauchamp, Raluca Ionescu-Ittu and Joseph A “Chris” Delaney)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  Matched Cohort Design To Assess Parental Depression Following Child’S Diagnosis Of Cystic Fibrosis
(Cecile Gillian Lancaster, Claire Glasscoe, Ros Smyth and Jonathan Hill)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  The Use Of The Causal Inference Algorithm In Life-Course Epidemiology
(Sacha Bastide-van Gemert, la, V. Fidler and R.P. Stolk)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Estimation Of A Sample Entropy Value Useful For Prediction Of An Upcoming Labour Based On Electrohysterographical Signal – A Preliminary Study
(Dariusz Radomski)

    

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S04 - RB211

11:00–11:18
                          

      Multivariate Dersimonian And Laird Random Effects Meta-Analysis – Theory And Applications
(Dan Jackson, Ian White and Simon Thompson)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  A New Permutation-Based Method For The Evaluation Of The Agreement Between Two Observers With Replicated Binary Observations
(Michael Haber and Yi Pan)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  Matched Different Ranking Approaches Defining Association And Agreement Measures Of Paired Ordinal Data
(Elisabeth Svensson)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  Applications Of Random Survival Forests Based On Pseudo-Values
(Ulla B. Mogensen)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Power And Log-Linear Non-Uniform Association Models In Agreement Studies
(Fabien Valet and Jean-Yves Mary)

    

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S05 - RB212

11:00–11:18
                          

      Hierarchical Factor Structures Improve Information Content For Complex Phenotypes, Genomic Pathways, And Epistatic Interaction
(Tingting Song and Knut M. Wittkowski)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  Associating Multiple Longitudinal Intermediate Risk Factors With A Set Of Snps
(Sandra Waaijenborg and Aeilko H. Zwinderman)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  Multiple-Correspondence Discriminant Analysis Of Copy Number Variation (Cnv) Across The Human Genome
(Alejandro Caceres and Juan Ramon Gonzalez)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  Meta-Analysis Of Causal Relationships Using Genetic Instrumental Variables
(Simon Thompson and Stephen Burgess)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Weighted Ensemble Lasso: Prediction Using Genetic Information When The Number Of Samples Is Limited
(Philippe Haldermans and Ziv Shkedy)

    

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S06 - RB101

14:00–14:18
                          

      Proportion Cured Models Applied To A Large Data Set Of 23 Cancer Sites
(Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Bjarte Aagnes, Tom Børge Johannesen, Bjørn Møller and Freddie Bray)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Analysis Of Age Of Onset Under Sequential Truncation
(Rebecca Betensky)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Comparison Of Alternative Approaches To Testing Of The Differences In The Impact Of A Prognostic Factor On Different Competing Event
(Ella Huszti, Michal Abrahamowicz, Ahmadou Alioum and Catherine Quantin)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  Prediction In Multi-State Models And Its Application In Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
(Michael Lauseker, Jörg Hasford and Andreas Hochhaus)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Understanding And Avoiding Survival Bias: An Application Of Multistate Models In A Cohort Of Oscar Nominees
(Martin Wolkewitz, Arthur Allignol, Martin Schumacher and Jan Beyersmann)

    

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S07 - RB210

14:00–14:18
                          

      Efficient Weighted Generalised Estimating Equations When The Cluster Size Or Covariate Structure Are Informative
(Menelaos Pavlou, Andrew Copas and Shaun Seaman)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Residuals For Joint Models For Longitudinal And Time-To-Event Data
(Dimitris Rizopoulos, Geert Verbeke and Geert Molenberghs)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  A Mixture Model Combined With Proportional Odds Model For Repeated Measurements In Randomdized Controlled Trials
(Ryoji Nakamura, Toshiro Tango, Naoko Taguchi and Eisuke Hida)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  The Analysis Of Interval-Censored, Semi-Competing Risks Data In The Presence Of Informative Loss-To-Followup
(Jessica Barrett, Fotios Siannis and Vern Farewell)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Combining Multiple Imputation And Inverse Probability Weighting
(Shaun Seaman, Ian White and Andrew Copas)

    

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S08 - RB211

14:00–14:18
                          

      Efficient Recent Advances On The Area Under The ROC Curve Of A Diagnostic Test With Small Samples
(Giuliana Cortese and Laura Ventura)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Estimating Individual Peptide Effects From Pooled-Peptide Elispot Assays
(Marie Reilly and Tao Dong)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Analysis Of Incomplete Data Due To Double Truncation
(Carla Moreira and Jacobo De Uña Álvarez)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  Prediction Of Binary Outcome On Basis Of Multivariate Longitudinal Observations: Dutch Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Study
(Arnošt Komárek, Bettina E. Hansen, Edith M. M. Kuiper, Emmanuel Lesaffre and Henk R. van Buuren)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  A Weighted ROC Curve Model Identifies Sample Specific Prognostic Indicators For Outcomes In Patients With Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
(James Doecke, Norm Good and Graham Radford-Smith)

    

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S09 - RB212

14:00–14:18
                          

      Quantifying Uncertainty Of Gene List Elements From High-Dimensional Risk Prediction Models
(Harald Binder, Christine Porzelius and Martin Schumacher)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Gene Selection From Microarray Data Under Non-Proportional Hazards
(Daniela Dunkler and Georg Heinze)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Statistical Genetics Analysis Of Survival Traits Based On Case-Control Family Data
(Benjamin Yip, Tron Anders Moger and Yudi Pawitan)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  Periodogram-Based Tests For Detecting Periodically Expressed Genes In Microarray Data
(Jörg Aßmus, Hans Arnfinn Karlsen and Dag Tjøstheim)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Including Multiple Instrumental Variables In Mendelian Randomization Analyses
(James Tom Palmer, Debbie Lawlor and Jonathan Sterne)

    

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S10 - RB212

16:00–16:18
                          

      Semiparametric Estimation Of Psa Nadir Using Model Averaging
(Shiro Tanaka and Sachiko Tanaka)


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Time-Dependent ROC Analysis For A Three-Class Prognostic
(Yohann Foucher, Magali Giral and Jean-Paul Soulilou)

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Microarray Analysis With Spherical Kernel Estimators Using Correlation Information For Class Prediction
(Florian Pedross, Oliver Wrulich and Norbert Netzer)

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  A Comparison Of Bootstrap Based Multiple Testing Procedures
(Wiebke Werft and Axel Benner)

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Trial Designs To Assess Biomarkers In Clinical Practice
(James Lucinda Billingham and Deborah Stocken)

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Composite Endpoints Versus Combined Evidence
(Knut M. Wittkowski)

    

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S11 - RB210

16:00–16:18
                          

      A Combined Score Test For Binary And Ordinal Endpoints From Clinical Trials
(John Whitehead, Michael Branson and Susan Todd)


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Sample Size Considerations For Gee Analyses Of Three-Level Cluster Randomized Trials
(Steven Teerenstra, Bing Lu, John Preisser, Theo Van Achterberg and George Borm)

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Modeling And Pairwise Likelihood Approach Of Estimation For Mixed Continuous And Discrete Data
(Florian Atanu Biswas and Alexander de Leon)

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  Using Causal Models To Determine Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes With A Time-To-Event Outcome
(Fiona Ewings, A Sarah Walker, Kholoud Porter and Andrew Copas)

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  The Analysis Of An Individually Randomised Clinical Trial Of Back Pain With Clustering Effects Due To Group Sessions And Repeated Measures
(Ranjit Lall and Sallie Lamb)

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Improving Coverage Probabilities Of Confidence Intervals In Random Effects Meta-Analysys With Publication Bias
(Masayuki Henmi and John Copas)

    

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S12 - RB211

16:00–16:18
                          

      Multiple Imputation Of Ordinal Variables Using Adaptive Thresholds
(Lynne Moore, James A Hanley, André Lavoie and Alexis F Turgeon)


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  A Sensitivity Analysis In The Shared Parameter Modeling Framework
(An Creemers, Niel Hens, Marc Aerts, Geert Molenberghs, Geert Verbeke and Michael Kenward)

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Multiple Imputation For Missing Data: Fully Conditional Specification Compared With Multivariate Normal
(Katherine Lee and John Carlin)

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  Accounting For A Non-Ignorable Tracing Mechanism In A Retrospective Breast Cancer Cohort Study
(Andrew Titman, Gillian Lancaster, Diane Scutt and Katie Carmichael)

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Modeling Cumulative Incidence Function Of A Competing Risk With Partially Observed Cause Of Failure
(Giorgos Bakoyannis and Giota Touloumi)

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Joint Modeling Of Outcome, Observation Time And Missingness
(Michael Kenward and Gerd Rosenkranz)

    

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S13 - RB212

16:00–16:18
                          

      A Comparison Of The Forecasting Ability Of Models For Teenage Conceptions And Mrsa Bacteraemia Rates
(Hayley Jones and David Spiegelhalter)


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  3-Block Partial Least Squares: Relation Of Skin Texture And Attractiveness To Facial Shape And Size
(Stanislav Katina, Lisa Oberzaucher and Karl Grammer)

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Multivariate Functional Linear Discriminant Analysis In Combination With Pairwise Pseudo-Likelihood Techniques
(José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Kristien Wouters, Geert Molenberghs, Helena Geys, Abdellah Ahnaou, Wilhelmus H.I.M. Drinkenburg and Luc Bijnens)

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  Using Linear Mixed Models To Efficiently Allow For Covariate Measurement Error Using Replication Data
(Jonathan Bartlett, Bianca De Stavola and Chris Frost)

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Two Robust Statistics For The Analysis Of High Dimensional Repeated Measures Data
(M. Rauf Ahmad (CAS))

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Joint Model With Latent State For The Pre-Diagnosis Phase Of Dementia
(Etienne Dantan and Helene Jacqmin-Gadda)

    

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25th AUGUST, 2009

S14 - RB101

09:00–09:30
                          

      Some Perspectives On The Impact Of The International Conference On Harmonization's E9 'statistical Principles For Clinical Trials' – 10 Years Of Experience
(Frank Rockhold)


    

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09:30–10:00
                     

  Recent Methodological Advances Contributing To Clinical Trials And Regulatory Statistics
(Joachim Röhmel)

    

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10:00–10:30
                    

  A Perspective On The Challenges And Opportunities For Statistics In The Evolution Of Product Development And Regulation
(Robert T O'Neill)

    

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S15 - RB210

09:00–09:18
                          

      Multi-Stage Early Stopping Designs In Clinical Trials For The Occurrence Of Serious Adverse Events
(Caroline Bascoul-Mollevi and Andrew Kramar)


    

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09:18–09:36
                     

  Retrospective Matching Analysis Of Induction/Maintenance HIV Treatment Strategies
(Elizabeth McKinnon and Ian James)

    

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09:36–09:54
                    

  A Sequential Cox Approach For Estimating The Causal Effect Of Treatment In The Presence Of Time Dependent Confounding
(Jon Michael Gran)

    

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09:54–10:12
                    

  Statistical Inference For Mean Contact Rate In Spatially Structured Seir Models
(Jonathan Zsolt Lang (CAS) and Jeno Reiczigel)

    

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10:12–10:30
                    

  Score Tests For Exploring Complex Models: Application To HIV Dynamics Models
(Julia Drylewicz, Daniel Commenges and Rodolphe Thiebaut)

    

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S16 - RB211

09:00–09:18
                          

      On Properties Of The MFPT Approach For Modelling Time-Varying Effects In The Cox Model
(Anika Buchholz, Willi Sauerbrei and Patrick Royston)


    

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09:18–09:36
                     

  Semiparametric Multi-State Models
(Thomas Kneib)

    

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09:36–09:54
                    

  Nonparametric Estimation Of Relative Risk In Survival And Associated Tests
(Samo Wakounig and Michael Schemper)

    

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09:54–10:12
                    

  Free Knot Splines With RJMCMC In Survival Data Analysis
(Marie Denis and Nicolas Molinari)

    

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10:12–10:30
                    

  Double Robust Estimation In Cox Models Using A Dynamic Propensity Score
(Helmut Sitter and Karl-Heinz Schild)

    

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S17 - RB212

09:00–09:18
                          

      Planning And Analysis Of Cross-Over Trials In Infertility
(Boikanyo Makubate and Stephen Senn)


    

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09:18–09:36
                     

  Prior-Adaptive Continual Reassessment Method In Dose-Finding Studies
(Takashi Daimon, Zohar Sarah and John O'Quigley)

    

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09:36–09:54
                    

  A Bayesian Dose-Escalation Procedure For Phase I Clinical Trials Based Only On The Assumption Of Monotonicity
(Anne Whitehead, Helene Thygesen and John Whitehead)

    

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09:54–10:12
                    

  Free Exact Methods For Analysing Two-Stage Phase II Clinical Trials In Cancer
(Gordana Jovic and John Whitehead)

    

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10:12–10:30
                    

  A Class Of Non Parametric One Sample Tests For The Analysis Of Recurrent Events
(Paola Rebora, Stefania Galimberti and Maria Grazia Valsecchi)

    

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S18 - RB101

11:00–11:30
                          

      Statistical Methods For Clinical Studies With Missing Data: What's Hot, What's Cool And What's Useful?
(James Carpenter)


    

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11:30–12:00
                     

  Conceptual Considerations Regarding Endpoints, Hypotheses, And Analyses For Incomplete Longitudinal Clinical Trial Data
(Craig Mallinckrodt and Michael Kenward)

    

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12:00–12:30
                    

  FDA's Missing Data Initiative: Bringing Consensus On Missing Data In Clinical Studies Intended To Support Efficacy And Safety
(Robert T O'Neill)

    

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S19 - RB210

11:00–11:18
                          

      Planning Internal Time-Dependent Covariates In Competing Risks Models For Bone Marrow Transplant Studies
(Giuliana Cortese and Per Kragh Andersen)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  Design And Testing For Clinical Trials Faced With Misclassified Causes-Of-Death
(Bart Van Rompaye (SCA), Els Goetghebeur and Shabbar Jaffar)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  Crossover Studies With Survival Outcomes
(Jozefien Buyze and Els Goetghebeur)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  Prediction The Outcome Of The Comparison Of Time To Death In An Oncology Clinical Trial, Using Progression Free Survival And Time To Death Data
(David Dejardin, Emmanuel Lesaffre and Geert Verbeke)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Interim Patients In Adaptive Survival Trials
(Andreas Faldum)

    

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S20 - RB211

11:00–11:18
                          

      The Randomized Start Design For Clinical Trials In Parkinson's Disease
(David Oakes)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  Bivariate Dose-Finding Phase I/II Considering Both Toxicity And Late-Onset Therapeutic Response
(Matthieu Resche-Rigon, Sarah Zohar and Sylvie Chevret)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  Adaptive Clinical Trials Incorporating Treatment Selection And Evaluation: Methodology And Applications In Multiple Sclerosis
(Elsa Valdés-Márquez, Tim Friede, Susan Todd, Nigel Stallard, Nicholas Parsons, Richard Nicholas and Jeremy Chataway)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  Should Phase II Cancer Screening Trials Include A Control Arm?
(Jan C. Schuller, Peter Brauchli, Daniel Dietrich, Richard Herrmann, Dirk Klingbiel, Stefanie Lerch, Michael Mayer, Mathew Simcock and Shu-Fang Hsu Schmitz)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Adaptive Designs For Survival Studies With Subgroup Selection Based On Predictive Biomarkers
(Thomas Hamborg and John Whitehead)

    

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S21 - RB212

11:00–11:18
                          

      Relative Efficiency Of Treatment Effect Estimates From Unadjusted And Adjusted Analyses With Missing Data At Baseline
(Stephen Walter)


    

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11:18–11:36
                     

  An Investigation Of The Terminal Decline Hypothesis: Results From A UK Population-Based Study Of Aging
(Graciela Muniz Terrera, Ardo VandenHout, Fiona Matthews, Andrea Piccinin and Scott Hofer)

    

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11:36–11:54
                    

  IV-Estimators Of The Causal Odds Ratio For A Continuous Exposure In Prospective And Retrospective Designs
(Jack Bowden and Stijn Vansteelandt)

    

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11:54–12:12
                    

  Estimation And Adjustment Of Bias In Randomised Evidence Using Mixed Treatment Comparison Meta-Analysis
(Sofia Dias, Nicky Welton, VCC Marinho, G Salanti and AE Ades)

    

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12:12–12:30
                    

  Modelling The Association Between Patient Characteristics And The Change Over Time In A Disease Process Using Observational Cohort Data
(Linda Harrison, David T. Dunn, Hannah Green and Andrew J. Copas)

    

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26th AUGUST, 2009

S22 - RB101

08:30–09:00
                          

      Alternatives To Intention To Treat: Direct Effects Of HIV Prevention Methods In The Mira Study
(Nicholas Jewell)

    

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09:00–09:30
                     

 

Recursive Partitioning For Longitudinal Markers Based On A U-Statistic
(Victor de Gruttola and Shannon Stock)

    

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09:30–10:00
                    

  Inferring Rates From Instantaneous State Variables: Application To HIV Incidence Estimation
(Alex Welte and Thomas McWalter)

    

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S23 - RB210

08:30–08:48
                          

      Relative Performance Of Statistical Methods For Analyzing Survival Data In The Presence Of Non-Random Noncompliance
(Lang'o Odondi and Roseanne McNamee)


    

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08:48–09:06
                     

  A Frailty Analysis Of Two-Generation Melanoma Data From The Swedish Multi-Generation Register
(Tron Anders Moger, Marion Haugen, Ben Yip, Håkon Gjessing and Ørnulf Borgan)

    

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09:06–09:24
                    

  A New Discrimination Index For Frailty Survival Models
(Robin Van Oirbeek and Emmanuel Lesaffre)

    

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09:24–09:42
                    

  Effect Of Event-Dependent Sampling Of Recurrent Events
(Per Kragh Andersen, Kajsa Kvist and Lars Kessing)

    

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09:42–10:00
                    

  Quantifying The Correlation Of Bivariate Survival Times By Means Of A Novel Self-Consistency Approach
(Linda Michael Schemper and Alexandra Kaider)

    

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S24 - RB211

08:30–08:48
                          

      A Method Of Deriving An Estimator For The Correlation Between Two Score Statistics From Interval Censored Survival Data
(Zakiyah Zain)


    

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08:48–09:06
                     

  The Influence Of The Operator And Assistant Experience On The Survival Of Proximal Art Restorations: A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis
(Samuel M Mwalili (CAS))

    

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09:06–09:24
                    

  On Simultaneous Confidence Bands For The Difference Of Cumulative Incidence Functions With An Application To Bloodstream Infection During Neutropenia
(Stefanie Hieke, Martin Schumacher and Jan Beyersmann)

    

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09:24–09:42
                    

  Subdistribution Hazard: Estimation And Inference
(Ronald Geskus)

    

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09:42–10:00
                    

  Profile-Specific Survival Estimates: Fitting Smooth-In-Time Prognostic Risk Functions Via Logistic Regression
(James Hanley and Olli Miettinen)

    

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S25 - RB212

08:30–08:48
                          

      A Bayesian Dose-Escalation Procedure For Phase I/II Clinical Trials Based On Bivariate Outcomes
(Helene Thygesen, Anne Whitehead and John Whitehead)


    

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08:48–09:06
                     

  The Sensitivity Of Priors In Bayesian Variable Selection For Parametric Aft Models In High Dimensions
(Md. Hasinur Rahaman Khan and Ewart Shaw)

    

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09:06–09:24
                    

  A Comparison Of Interval Estimates Of The Reliability Coefficient/ICC Obtained From Bayesian Rejection Sampling And The Adjusted Searle Method, In Small Studies
(Ruth Pickering)

    

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09:24–09:42
                    

  Frequentist Performance Of Bayesian Inference With Response-Adaptive Designs
(Bruno Lecoutre, Gérard Derzko and Khadija ElQasyr)

    

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09:42–10:00
                    

  Meta-Analysis Of Diagnostic Test: A New Bayesian Approach
(Pablo Verde)

    

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S27 - RB101

14:00–14:18
                          

      Modelling The Growth Of An HIV Incidence Assay In Patients With Early HIV Infection And Predicting Time Of Infection
(Michael Sweeting and Daniela De Angelis)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Estimation Of Natural HIV Disease Progression Incorporating Unknown Infection Dates
(Ian James and Elizabeth McKinnon)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Causal Effect Of Aids-Defining Conditions On Mortality Modified By Haart Use And Calendar Time
(Willem van der Wal, Julia del Amo-Valero, Kholoud Porter, Santiago Perez-Hoyos, Maria Prins and Ronald Geskus)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  A Markov Cure Model To Compare Progression Of HIV-1 And HIV-2 Infection
(Ronald Geskus, Nicolas Poulin, Hilton Whittle and Maarten Schim van der Loeff)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Modeling The Spread And Control Of Infectious Diseases: An Example On Influenza Pandemic
(Vana Sypsa, Sotiris Tsiodras and Angelos Hatzakis)

    

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S28 - RB210

14:00–14:18
                          

      Grouping Vs. Non-Grouping Approaches To Correct For Measurement Error In Two-Stage Designs
(Evridiki Batistatou and Roseanne McNamee)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Sensitivity Analysis After Multiple Imputation: Application Of A Weighting Approach To Epidemiological Data
(Vanina Heraud-Bousquet, Yann Le Strat, Christine Larsen and Jean-Claude Desenclos)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Use Of Multivariate Multilevel Models To Handle Missing Data In Longitudinal Studies
(Rumana Z Omar, Shahed Murad, Gareth Ambler and Michael King)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  AShould Individuals With Missing Outcomes Be Included In The Analysis Of A Randomised Trial?
(Ian White, James Carpenter and Nicholas Horton)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Order Restricted Hypothesis Testing For Three-Arm Clinical Trials
(Muna Arephin (SCA), Peter Sasieni and Jack Cuzick)

    

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S29 - RB211

14:00–14:18
                          

      A Critical Review Of Methods And Guidance On The Assessment Of Interactions In Individual Patient Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis
(David Fisher, Andrew Copas, Jayne Tierney and Mahesh Parmar)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Sensitivity A Regression Model For Recurrent Events With Distribution Free Correlation Structure
(Juliette Pénichoux, Aurélien Latouche and Thierry Moreau)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Correction For Measurement Error In Nutritional Epidemiology: A Measurement Error Model Allowing For Never-Consumers
(Ruth Keogh and Ian White)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  Assessing The Properties Of An Adjusted Risk Difference For Survival Probabilities In Randomized Controlled Trials
(Ruediger P. Laubender)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Comparisons Of Proportional Hazards And Threshold Regression
(Mei-Ling Ting Lee and George Whitmore)

    

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S30 - RB212

14:00–14:18
                          

      How Many Events Do We Need To Fit A Risk Model?
(Gareth Ambler and Rumana Z Omar)


    

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14:18–14:36
                     

  Assessing The Impact Of The Choice Of Modelling Strategy For Quantitative Covariates On Risk Adjustment
(Lynne Moore, James A Hanley, André Lavoie and Alexis F Turgeon)

    

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14:36–14:54
                    

  Estimating The Adjusted Risk Difference In Observational Studies Using Propensity Score-Based Weighting
(Obioha Ukoumunne, Andrew Forbes, Martin Gulliford, John Carlin and Elizabeth Williamson)

    

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14:54–15:12
                    

  On New Proof Of Equivalence Criteria Based On Coefficients Of Multivariate Regression Models
(Manuel Perera Chang)

    

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15:12–15:30
                    

  Partially Homogeneous Mixed Poisson Processes: Another Aspect Of Longitudinal Count Data With Over-Dispersion
(Hideaki Uehara and Toshiro Tango)

    

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S31 - RB101

16:00–16:18
                          

      Estimating The Number Needed To Treat With Adjustment For Balanced Covariates In Clinical Trials
(Ralf Bender )


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Sample Size Determination For A Specific Region In A Multi-Regional Trial
(Chin-Fu Hsiao and Jen-pei Liu )

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Optimal Two-Stage Designs For Phase II Cancer Trials With Two Endpoints
(Cornelia Ursula Kunz and Meinhard Kieser )

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  One- And Two-Stage Design Proposals For A Phase II Trial Comparing Three Active Treatments With Control Using An Ordered Categorical Endpoint
(Thomas Jaki and John Whitehead )

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Curtailed Two-Stage Designs With Bivariate Binary Endpoints In Phase II Clinical Trials
(Yunchan Chi and Chia-Min Chen )

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  How Low Can You Go: Tampering With The ICH-E9 Guideline.
(Rogier Donders and George F. Borm)

    

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S32 - RB210

16:00–16:18
                          

      Comparing Different Health Status Valuation Methods: How Can We Test Whether Covariates Impact The Structural Relationship?
(Bjoern Stollenwerk, Rolf Holle and Reiner Leidl)


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Regression Tree Construction By Bootstrap: Model Search For The Austrian Drg-System
(Thomas Grubinger, Conrad Kobel and Karl-Peter Pfeiffer )

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Power & Sample Size For Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Real Life Case Study
(Andrew Briggs, Kathleen Boyd, John Norrie and Sarah Stock )

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  A Bayesian Re-Analysis Of A Health Technology Assessment: Evaluation Of Modelling Assumptions
(Jaime Peters, Keith Abrams, Alex Sutton, Nicola Cooper and David Spiegelhalter )

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Application Of Eligibility Restrictions To Reduce Confounding In Non-Randomised Studies Of The Effects Of Health Care Interventions
(Jennifer Nicholas, Martin Gulliford and Andy Grieve )

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  How A Direct Empirical Approach To Detecting Networks Of Collaborating, Non-Correlated Pathways
(Jose F. Morales and Knut M. Wittkowski. )

    

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S33 - RB211

16:00–16:18
                          

      Automatic Extraction Of Adverse Drug Reaction Terms From Medical Free Text
(Ola Caster, Johanna Strandell, Andrew Bate and I. Ralph Edwards )


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Some Interesting Patterns In The Adverse Event Reporting System Of The Food And Drug Administration
(Uttam Sarkar, Dilip Sarkar and Mitsunori Ogihara )

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Genome-Wide Analysis Of Genetic Predisposition In Patients With The History Of Acute Myocardial Infarction
(Zdeněk Valenta, Michal Kolář, Hana Grünfeldová, Ivan Mazura, Petra Feglarová and Jana Zvárová )

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  Dental Implant Rehabilitation And Quality Of Live
(Pavel Kriz, Michaela Seydlova, Zdeněk Valenta, Tatjana Dostalova and Jana Zvarova )

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  The Challenge Of Initial Screening In High-Dimensional Penalised Cox Regression
(Manuela Zucknick, Axel Benner and Thomas Hielscher )

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Dealing With Correlation In Regression Models: Application To Microarrays Data Analysis
(bien Valet, Eléonore Gravier, Yann De-Rycke and Bernard Asselain )

    

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S34 - RB212

16:00–16:18
                          

      Estimation Of Marginal Structural Survival Models In The Presence Of Competing Risks
(Maarten Bekaert (SCA) and Stijn Vansteelandt )


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Meta-Regression Of Paired Survival Curves Under Heterogeneity: A Poisson Correlated Gamma Frailty Approach
(Uttam Marta Fiocco, Hein Putter and Hans van Houwelingen )

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Hierarchical Hurdle Models For Zero-Inflated Count Data Of Complex Designs
(Marek Molas and Emmanuel Lesaffre )

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  A Goodness-Of-Fit Test For The Random Effects Distribution In Mixed Models
(Roula Tsonaka, Geert Verbeke and Geert Molenberghs )

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Analyzing Longitudinal Data With A Floor Level At Zero
(Manuela Saskia le Cessie, Friedo Dekker and Diana Grootendorst )

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Correcting For Misclassification For A Monotone Disease Process With An Application In Dental Research
(María José García-Zattera, Timothy Mutsvari, Alejandro Jara, Dominique Declerk and Emmanuel Lesaffre )

    

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S35 - RB213

16:00–16:18
                          

      Simulating Competing Risks Data In Survival Analysis.
(Jan Beyersmann, Aurelien Latouche, Anika Buchholz and Martin Schumacher )


    

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16:18–16:36
                     

  Performance Of Variance Estimators Of The Cumulative Incidence Function For Left-Truncated Competing Risks Data
(Arthur Allignol, Martin Schumacher, Reinhard Meister and Jan Beyersmann )

    

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16:36–16:54
                    

  Interval Censored Semi-Competing Risks Data
(Nuria Porta, M. Luz Calle and Guadalupe Gómez )

    

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16:54–17:12
                    

  Vertical Modeling: A "Pattern Mixture" Approach For Competing Risks Data
(Mioara Alina Nicolaie, Hans van Houwelingen and Hein Putter )

    

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17:12–17:30
                    

  Incidence Densities In A Competing Events Setting
(Nadine Grambauer, Martin Schumacher and Jan Beyersmann )

    

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17:30–17:48
                    

  Mortality And Risk Adjustment Before Assessing Quality In The Intensive Care Unit Of Hermanos Ameijeiras General Hospital In Havana
(Rosa E. Jiménez, Sandra Lopez, Teddy O. Tmargo and Armando Pardo (CAS) )

    

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27th AUGUST, 2009

MS01 - RB101

09:00–09:40
                          

      Bioconductor – Software For The Analysis Of Complex Molecular Data
(Wolfgang Huber )


    

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09:40–10:20
                     

  Integrating Data From Functional Genomics Experiments
(Alvis Brazma )

    

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10:20–11:00
                    

  Information Theory Models For Clinical Decision Support
(Igor Vajda )

    

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11:40–12:20
                    

  Data And Information In Electronic Health Records-Current Situation And Challenges For The Future
(Pirkko Nykänen )

    

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12:20–13:00
                    

  R&D For Knowledge And Decisions In Healthcare
(Jan H van Bemmel )

    

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MS02 - Likes Aula

09:00–09:30
                          

      Practical Issues in Vaccine Trial Interim Analysis
(Robert C Kohberger)


    

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09:30–10:00
                     

  Interim Analysis Strategies for Adaptation in Seamless Phase II/III Vaccine Trials
(Ivan SF Chan )

    

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11:15–11:45
                    

  Simultaneous Upper Confidence Bounds For The Relative Risk In Multiple Comparisons To Control
(Bernhard Klingenberg )

    

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11:45–12:15
                    

  Multiple Endpoints in Vaccine Trials
(Sang Ahnn )

    

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