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SUMMARY:Centre for Biostatistics seminar | How SMART is your study? Desig
 ning a trial to obtain quality data about dynamic treatment regimes
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DESCRIPTION:'''Host:''' Centre for Biostatistics\n\n'''About the event:''
 ' \n\nThe Centre for Biostatistics have organised a special seminar by P
 rofessor Erica Moodie\, who is on sabbatical from McGill University at T
 he University of Oxford and will be visiting Manchester.\n\nAll are welc
 ome to attend\, and no prior registration is required.\n\n'''Speaker:'''
  Prof Erica Moodie\, McGill University\, Canada\n\n'''Title:''' How SMAR
 T is your study? Designing a trial to obtain quality data about dynamic 
 treatment regimes\n\n'''Abstract:'''\n\nCurrent practice in randomized t
 rials typically focuses on identifying the single best treatment for a p
 articular condition. Clinical practice\, however\, has consistently been
  more concerned with a patient- rather than disease-centric approach. Dy
 namic treatment regimes are part of a rapidly expanding area of research
  whereby such personalized treatment strategies can be identified. These
  methods can lead to improved results over standard 'one size fits all' 
 approaches\, and provide a route to formalizing treatment adjustments in
  an evidence-based manner. In this talk\, I will give an introduction to
  dynamic treatment regimes\, focusing primarily on sequential multiple a
 ssignment randomized trials (SMARTs)\, the best means of obtaining high-
 quality data to determine optimal treatment regimes. I will then demonst
 rate how\, in a pharmacological context\, simulations may be used to hel
 p narrow the field of potential regimes studied before embarking on a SM
 ART.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G306b\, Jean McFarlane Building \, Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M139
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