Elicitation of prior distributions for a phase III randomized controlled trial of adjuvant therapy with surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma.

PubWeight™: 1.09‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMID 12689733)

Published in Control Clin Trials on April 01, 2003

Authors

Say-Beng Tan1, Y-F Alexander Chung, Bee-Choo Tai, Yin-Bun Cheung, David Machin

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Trials & Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore. ctetsb@nccs.com.sg

Articles by these authors

The International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) classification system: an INRG Task Force report. J Clin Oncol (2008) 6.66

Primary postoperative chemotherapy without radiotherapy for intracranial ependymoma in children: the UKCCSG/SIOP prospective study. Lancet Oncol (2007) 3.47

Randomized trial of radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union against cancer stage III and IV nasopharyngeal cancer of the endemic variety. J Clin Oncol (2005) 3.15

High-dose rapid and standard induction chemotherapy for patients aged over 1 year with stage 4 neuroblastoma: a randomised trial. Lancet Oncol (2008) 2.72

Atropine for the treatment of childhood myopia: safety and efficacy of 0.5%, 0.1%, and 0.01% doses (Atropine for the Treatment of Myopia 2). Ophthalmology (2011) 2.63

Immediate nephrectomy versus preoperative chemotherapy in the management of non-metastatic Wilms' tumour: results of a randomised trial (UKW3) by the UK Children's Cancer Study Group. Eur J Cancer (2006) 2.39

Obstructive sleep apnea in patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction. Prevalence, predictors, and effect on microvascular perfusion. Chest (2009) 2.18

Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cardiovascular outcomes in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: rationale and design of the sleep and stent study. Clin Cardiol (2014) 2.10

Autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells versus autologous chondrocyte implantation: an observational cohort study. Am J Sports Med (2010) 2.01

Anterior chamber depth and the risk of primary angle closure in 2 East Asian populations. Arch Ophthalmol (2005) 1.58

Bayesian two-stage designs for phase II clinical trials. Stat Med (2002) 1.56

The impact of diabetes mellitus and other chronic medical conditions on health-related Quality of Life: is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Health Qual Life Outcomes (2005) 1.52

A systematic review on the efficacy and safety of transcatheter device closure of ventricular septal defects (VSD). J Interv Cardiol (2014) 1.47

Sample sizes for estimating differences in proportions--can we keep things simple? J Biopharm Stat (2012) 1.39

High-dose tamoxifen in the treatment of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Hepatology (2002) 1.32

Quality of life in an urban Asian population: the impact of ethnicity and socio-economic status. Soc Sci Med (2003) 1.32

Changes over three decades in outcome and the prognostic influence of age-at-diagnosis in young patients with neuroblastoma: a report from the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Project. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.30

Determinants of intraocular pressure and its association with glaucomatous optic neuropathy in Chinese Singaporeans: the Tanjong Pagar Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2003) 1.26

Randomized Trial of prophylactic granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during rapid COJEC induction in pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma: the European HR-NBL1/SIOPEN study. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.24

Ocular biometry and refraction in Mongolian adults. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2004) 1.20

Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2009) 1.20

Poly-methyl pentene oxygenators have improved gas exchange capability and reduced transfusion requirements in adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ASAIO J (2005) 1.20

Longitudinal study of sexual function and vaginal changes after radiotherapy for cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2003) 1.16

Early-stage cervical carcinoma, radical hysterectomy, and sexual function. A longitudinal study. Cancer (2004) 1.14

Strategy for randomised clinical trials in rare cancers. BMJ (2003) 1.08

Assessing differences in utility scores: a comparison of four widely used preference-based instruments. Value Health (2007) 1.06

Visual impairment and its impact on health-related quality of life in adolescents. Am J Ophthalmol (2008) 1.06

A longitudinal study of pediatric body mass index values predicted health in middle age. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 1.06

Does the 12-item General Health Questionnaire contain multiple factors and do we need them? Health Qual Life Outcomes (2004) 1.04

Simple clinical prognostic model for hepatocellular carcinoma in developing countries and its validation. J Clin Oncol (2003) 1.00

Ocular component growth curves among Singaporean children with different refractive error status. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2009) 0.98

Identifying recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in the setting of high HIV and TB burden. Thorax (2010) 0.98

Pitfalls in statistical methods. J Nucl Cardiol (2013) 0.97

Development of a Smiling Touchscreen multimedia program for HRQoL assessment in subjects with varying levels of literacy. Value Health (2006) 0.97

Comparing statistical models to predict dengue fever notifications. Comput Math Methods Med (2012) 0.96

The association of body mass index with health-related quality of life: an exploratory study in a multiethnic Asian population. Value Health (2008) 0.96

Nephrinuria associates with multiple renal traits in type 2 diabetes. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2010) 0.96

Outcomes in paediatric metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma: results of The International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) study MMT-98. Eur J Cancer (2010) 0.95

The influence of ethnicity on health-related quality of life in diabetes mellitus: a population-based, multiethnic study. J Diabetes Complications (2006) 0.95

On the importance of accounting for competing risks in pediatric brain cancer: II. Regression modeling and sample size. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 0.94

Variation in the seasonal diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: evidence from Singapore, the United States, and Sweden. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 0.94

Randomized trial of Alemtuzumab for prevention of graft rejection and preservation of renal function after kidney transplantation. Transplantation (2005) 0.93

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locoregionally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2004) 0.93

An international strategy to determine the role of high dose therapy in recurrent Wilms' tumour. Eur J Cancer (2012) 0.93

Detection of narrow angles and established angle closure in Chinese residents of Singapore: potential screening tests. Am J Ophthalmol (2006) 0.93

Performance of polymethyl pentene oxygenators for neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a comparison with silicone membrane oxygenators. Perfusion (2005) 0.92

The equivalence of English and Chinese SF-36 versions in bilingual Singapore Chinese. Qual Life Res (2002) 0.92

A randomized controlled trial to compare steroid with cyclosporine for the topical treatment of oral lichen planus. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod (2006) 0.91

Phase II study of irinotecan (CPT-11) as salvage therapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer (2005) 0.91

Pharmacogenetic profiling across the irinotecan pathway in Asian patients with cancer. Br J Clin Pharmacol (2005) 0.90

Impact of UDP-gluconoryltransferase 2B17 genotype on vorinostat metabolism and clinical outcomes in Asian women with breast cancer. Pharmacogenet Genomics (2011) 0.90

Mortality rates among patients with schizophrenia and tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychopharmacol (2009) 0.90

Validity, feasibility and acceptability of time trade-off and standard gamble assessments in health valuation studies: a study in a multiethnic Asian population in Singapore. Value Health (2008) 0.89

Analysis of matched case-control data. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 0.89

Suicide methods in singapore (2000-2004): types and associations. Suicide Life Threat Behav (2011) 0.88

On the importance of accounting for competing risks in pediatric cancer trials designed to delay or avoid radiotherapy: I. Basic concepts and first analyses. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2009) 0.88

New set of intravascular ultrasound-derived anatomic criteria for defining functionally significant stenoses in small coronary arteries (results from Intravascular Ultrasound Diagnostic Evaluation of Atherosclerosis in Singapore [IDEAS] study). Am J Cardiol (2010) 0.87

On the application of the von Mises distribution and angular regression methods to investigate the seasonality of disease onset. Stat Med (2006) 0.87

Central corneal thickness and glaucoma in East Asian people. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2011) 0.87

Long-term follow-up of children with high-risk neuroblastoma: the ENSG5 trial experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2012) 0.86

The Singaporean English and Chinese versions of the EQ-5D achieved measurement equivalence in cancer patients. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 0.86

Suicide in young Singaporeans aged 10-24 years between 2000 to 2004. Arch Suicide Res (2012) 0.86

Analysis and design of randomised clinical trials involving competing risks endpoints. Trials (2011) 0.85

Sun exposure and risk of lymphoid neoplasms in Singapore. Cancer Causes Control (2012) 0.84

Confirmation of double-peaked time distribution of mortality among Asian breast cancer patients in a population-based study. Breast Cancer Res (2007) 0.84

OSA and coronary plaque characteristics. Chest (2014) 0.83

First-event or marginal estimation of cause-specific hazards for analysing correlated multivariate failure-time data? Stat Med (2008) 0.83

Correlation between high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and remodeling index in patients with coronary artery disease: IDEAS (IVUS diagnostic evaluation of atherosclerosis in Singapore)-HDL study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 0.83

A Bayesian dose finding design for dual endpoint phase I trials. Stat Med (2006) 0.81

Pretreatment with intracoronary adenosine reduces the incidence of myonecrosis after non-urgent percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective randomized study. Eur Heart J (2006) 0.81

A potential propensity for failure secondary to clot embolism in neonatal ECMO. Perfusion (2005) 0.81

Are English- and Chinese-language versions of the SF-6D equivalent? A comparison from a population-based study. Clin Ther (2004) 0.81

Quality-of-life-adjusted survival analysis of concurrent chemo radiotherapy for locally advanced (nonmetastatic) nasopharyngeal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 0.80

A single-center experience of transitioning from a routine transfemoral to a transradial intervention approach in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Impact on door-to-balloon time and clinical outcomes. J Cardiol (2013) 0.80

Suicide letters in Singapore. Arch Suicide Res (2008) 0.80

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of thymosin-alpha1 and lymphoblastoid interferon for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B. Antivir Ther (2006) 0.80

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Singapore Malay and Tamil versions of the EQ-5D. Ann Acad Med Singapore (2007) 0.80

Cell-based therapy improves function in adolescents and young adults with patellar osteochondritis dissecans. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2013) 0.79

Late periorbital haemorrhage following functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a caution for potential day case surgery. BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord (2006) 0.79

Impact of postgrafting immunosuppressive regimens on nonrelapse mortality and survival after nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant using the fludarabine and low-dose total-body irradiation 200-cGy. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant (2007) 0.79

Is the presence of retinopathy of practical value in defining cases of diabetic nephropathy in genetic association studies? The experience with the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism in 53 studies comprising 17,791 subjects. Diabetes (2008) 0.79

Shortening of median door-to-balloon time in primary percutaneous coronary intervention in Singapore by simple and inexpensive operational measures: clinical practice improvement program. J Interv Cardiol (2008) 0.79

Clinical experience of StarClose vascular closure device in patients with first and recurrent femoral punctures. J Interv Cardiol (2008) 0.79

A randomized controlled trial to compare calcipotriol with betamethasone valerate for the treatment of cutaneous lichen planus. J Dermatolog Treat (2004) 0.78

Interval cancers following breast cancer screening in Singaporean women. Int J Cancer (2002) 0.78

Assessing risk of breast cancer in an ethnically South-East Asia population (results of a multiple ethnic groups study). BMC Cancer (2012) 0.78

Development of the orpheus perfusion simulator for use in high-fidelity extracorporeal membrane oxygenation simulation. J Extra Corpor Technol (2012) 0.78

Are Asians comfortable with discussing death in health valuation studies? A study in multi-ethnic Singapore. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2006) 0.78

Does being bilingual in English and Chinese influence responses to Quality-of-Life scales? Med Care (2002) 0.78

Adiponectin profile in Asian patients undergoing coronary revascularization and its association with plaque vulnerability: IDEAS-ADIPO study. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2012) 0.77

Excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with longer culprit lesion and adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. J Clin Sleep Med (2013) 0.77

On the issue of 'multiple' first failures in competing risks analysis. Stat Med (2002) 0.77