Using electronic health record data to identify comparator populations for comparative effectiveness research

SD Ramsey, BJ Adamson, X Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Electronic health records (EHRs) can define real world patient populations with high levels
of clinical specificity, potentially addressing some of the shortcomings of other types of real …

The application of electronic medical records (EMRs) as a virtual comparator arm in a lung cancer clinical trial: A case study.

K Patel, M Ouwens, N Shire, S Khosla - 2017 - ascopubs.org
e18098 Background: Single-arm and open-label clinical studies are common in oncology
drug development, leading to a frequent need for contextualization of results and provision …

[HTML][HTML] External comparator groups derived from real-world data used in support of regulatory decision making: use cases and challenges

G Carrigan, BD Bradbury, MA Brookhart… - Current Epidemiology …, 2022 - Springer
Real-world data (RWD) from electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative claims
databases are used increasingly to generate real-world evidence (RWE). RWE is used to …

[HTML][HTML] Role of electronic health records in comparative effectiveness research

B Gallego, AG Dunn, E Coiera - Journal of comparative …, 2013 - becarispublishing.com
The gold standard in evaluating treatment effects are randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Their design minimizes bias and maximizes our ability to identify causality. By contrast …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for systematic assessment of clinical trial population representativeness using electronic health records data

Y Sun, A Butler, I Diallo, JH Kim, C Ta… - Applied Clinical …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Background Clinical trials are the gold standard for generating robust medical evidence, but
clinical trial results often raise generalizability concerns, which can be attributed to the lack …

Differential frequency in imaging‐based outcome measurement: Bias in real‐world oncology comparative‐effectiveness studies

BJS Adamson, X Ma, SD Griffith… - … and Drug Safety, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Comparative‐effectiveness studies using real‐world data (RWD) can be
susceptible to surveillance bias. In solid tumor oncology studies, analyses of endpoints such …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging real-world data to assess treatment sequences in health economic evaluations: a study protocol for emulating target trials using the English …

JYA Chang, JB Chilcott… - HEDS Discussion …, 2024 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Background Considering the sequence of treatments is vital for optimising healthcare
resource allocation, especially in cancer care, where sequence changes can affect patients' …

[HTML][HTML] Equity and bias in electronic health records data

AD Boyd, R Gonzalez-Guarda, K Lawrence… - Contemporary Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) are conducted during routine clinical care and
have the potential to increase knowledge about the effectiveness of interventions under real …

Real-world data: towards achieving the achievable in cancer care

CM Booth, S Karim, WJ Mackillop - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
The use of data from the real world to address clinical and policy-relevant questions that
cannot be answered using data from clinical trials is garnering increased interest. Indeed …

Improving diversity in clinical trials by using real-world data to define eligibility criteria

TJ Royce, Y Zhao, CA Ryals - JAMA oncology, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
On April 13, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance with
recommendations regarding the use of a Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan in clinical trials. 1 …