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Quantifying the effect of the surrogate marker by information gain.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17825025     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Statistical validation of a surrogate marker has been studied for more than a decade. Recently, Alonso et al. (2004, Biometrics 60, 724-728) proposed a quantity called the likelihood reduction factor (LRF) to evaluate the validity of a surrogate marker. However, as pointed out in the present article, the LRF may not correctly validate a surrogate marker. Therefore, a new quantity, the proportion of information gain (PIG) using the Kullback-Leibler information, is proposed. Simulations show that under some model assumptions, the PIG precisely reflects the role of a surrogate marker.
Authors:
Yongming Qu; Michael Case
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biometrics     Volume:  63     ISSN:  0006-341X     ISO Abbreviation:  Biometrics     Publication Date:  2007 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-09-10     Completed Date:  2007-10-19     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370625     Medline TA:  Biometrics     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  958-62; author reply 962-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA. qu_yongming@lilly.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biometry / methods*
Clinical Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Endpoint Determination / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Interferon Type I, Recombinant / therapeutic use
Likelihood Functions
Macular Degeneration / drug therapy,  physiopathology
Meta-Analysis as Topic*
Models, Statistical
Visual Acuity / drug effects
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Interferon Type I, Recombinant
Comments/Corrections
Comment On:
Biometrics. 2004 Sep;60(3):724-8   [PMID:  15339295 ]

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