STATISTICS
Year : 2011 | Volume
: 2 | Issue : 4 | Page : 145--148
Survival analysis in clinical trials: Basics and must know areas
Ritesh Singh1, Keshab Mukhopadhyay2
1 Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Ritesh Singh
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal - 741 235
India
Many clinical trials involve following patients for a long time. The primary event of interest in those studies is death, relapse, adverse drug reaction or development of a new disease. The follow-up time for the study may range from few weeks to many years. A different set of statistical procedures are employed to analyze the data, which involves time to event an analysis. It is a very useful tool in clinical research and provides invaluable information about an intervention. This article introduces the researcher to the different tools of survival analysis.
How to cite this article:
Singh R, Mukhopadhyay K. Survival analysis in clinical trials: Basics and must know areas.Perspect Clin Res 2011;2:145-148
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Singh R, Mukhopadhyay K. Survival analysis in clinical trials: Basics and must know areas. Perspect Clin Res [serial online] 2011 [cited 2023 Apr 2 ];2:145-148
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