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Activity Number: 424
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: ENAR
Abstract #319268 View Presentation
Title: Developing PRO Instruments in Clinical Trials: Issues, Considerations, and Solutions
Author(s): Cheryl Coon* and Dennis Revicki* and Scott Komo* and Kendra DeBusk* and Lisa Kammerman* and Stacie Hudgens*
Companies: Outcometrix and Evidera and FDA/CDER and Genentech and AstraZeneca and Clinical Outcome Solutions
Keywords: patient-reported outcome (PRO) ; clinical outcome assessment (COA) ; clinical trial endpoints ; psychometrics ; interim analysis ; missing data
Abstract:

This session will address when and how to evaluate the psychometric properties (including meaningful change and responder definitions) of a patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument or other clinical outcome assessment (COA) used to construct an endpoint in a clinical trial. The focus will be identifying the risks and ramifications of evaluating for the first time the psychometric properties of a PRO in the same pivotal clinical trial in which the instrument is used to construct a primary, co-primary, or key secondary endpoint. In particular, the session will consider issues that can arise when these psychometric properties are assessed at an interim analysis within a clinical trial (i.e., within a "psychometric substudy") and the interim findings are then applied to the interpretation of the final results. While many potential options exist to evaluate psychometric properties during a clinical trial, these options may result in loss of statistical power, over-fitting, blinding/masking issues, unique missing data concerns, and bias. Attendees can expect to gain insights that will help them plan psychometric evaluations within their own drug development timelines.


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