Opinion · Research Integrity
The last line of defense
On the FDA's move to withdraw a drug approval after Phase 3 data were re-adjudicated post-unblinding — and why the statistician is often the last line of defense between commercial pressure and the integrity of the data.
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Explainer · Estimands · ICH E9(R1)
A plain-language rewrite of ICH E9(R1)
Defining the effect you actually want to measure. Estimands, intercurrent events, and the five strategies for handling them in everyday language, with worked examples and a figure for every strategy.
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Deep Dive · Regulatory Biostatistics · AI in Clinical Trials
Our comment to the FDA on AI-assisted statistical review
The FDA asked how AI should be used to optimize early-phase clinical trials. We proposed a focused use case: reviewing the statistics in Bayesian dose-escalation and dose-expansion protocols, with the human reviewer in charge of every call.
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Deep Dive · Regulatory Biostatistics
SAPs for External & Augmented Control Arms
How we write Statistical Analysis Plans for trials that borrow strength from data outside the randomized comparison, anchored in regulatory precedent and locked before any outcome data are examined.
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