A Power Prior Approach for Leveraging External Longitudinal and Competing Risks Survival Data Within the Joint Modeling Framework

Md Tuhin Sheikh, Ming Hui Chen, Jonathan A. Gelfond, Joseph G. Ibrahim

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose a new partial borrowing-by-parts power prior for carrying out the analysis of co-longitudinal and survival data within the joint modeling framework. The borrowing-by-parts power prior facilitates borrowing the information from a subset of the data, from a subset of the model parameters, or from the different parts of the joint model. The deviance information criterion is used to quantify the gain in the fit of the current longitudinal and survival data when leveraging external co-data. A Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithm is developed for carrying out Bayesian computations. The proposed methodology is motivated by two large concurrent clinical trials: Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) and Prostate, Lung, Colon, Ovarian (PLCO) prevention trial. In both trials, the longitudinal biomarkers and competing risks survival data were collected. A detailed analysis of the PLCO and SELECT data is conducted to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed methodology.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)318-336
    Number of pages19
    JournalStatistics in Biosciences
    Volume14
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 2022

    Keywords

    • Borrowing-by-parts prior
    • Competing risks
    • Missing causes
    • Partial borrowing
    • Prostate cancer
    • Shared parameter joint model

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Statistics and Probability
    • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

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