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ArticleJournal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied statistics2023

Outcome trajectory estimation for optimal dynamic treatment regimes with repeated measures.

Yuan Zhang, David M Vock, Megan E Patrick, Lizbeth H Finestack, Thomas A Murray

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Article in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied statistics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuan ZhangDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-9514
David M VockDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Megan E PatrickInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-4944
Lizbeth H FinestackDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Thomas A MurrayDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2769-4957

Funding

Women's CancerP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Douglas Yee · 1998 to 2026
$100.4M
University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR002494 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, WEISDORF, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$34.9M
Evaluation of an Explicit Approach to Teach Grammatical Forms to Children with Language ImpairmentR01DC019374 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI FINESTACK, LIZBETH H · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
An Adaptive Preventive Intervention to Optimize the Transition from Universal to Indicated Resources for College Student Alcohol UseR01AA026574 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PATRICK, MEGAN E. · 2018 to 2020
$1.3M
QuBBD: Precision E –Radiomics for Dynamic Big Head & Neck Cancer Data R01CA225190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI CANAHUATE, GUADALUPE, FULLER, CLIFTON DAVID · 2017 to 2019
$776k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494NCI NIH HHS P30 CA077598NCI NIH HHS R01 CA225190NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026574NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent sequential multiple assignment randomized trials, outcomes were assessed multiple times to evaluate longer-term impacts of the dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs). Q-learning requires a scalar response to identify the optimal DTR. Inverse probability weighting may be used to estimate the optimal outcome trajectory, but it is inefficient, susceptible to model mis-specification, and unable to characterize how treatment effects manifest over time. We propose modified Q-learning with generalized estimating equations to address these limitations and apply it to the M-bridge trial, which evaluates adaptive interventions to prevent problematic drinking among college freshmen. Simulation studies demonstrate our proposed method improves efficiency and robustness.

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generalized estimating equationheterogeneous treatment effectlongitudinal outcome trajectoryQ-learningsequential multiple assignment randomized trial

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PMID37662554
PMCPMC10474873

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